Theoretically, the implied cost of capital (ICC) is a good proxy for time-varying expected returns. We find that aggregate ICC strongly predicts future excess market returns at horizons ranging from one month to four years. This predictive power persists even in the presence of popular valuation...

This paper tests international asset pricing models using firm-level expected returns estimated from an implied cost of capital approach. We show that the implied approach provides clear evidence of economic relations that would otherwise be obscured by the noise in realized returns. Among G-7...

This paper tests international asset pricing models using firm level expected returns estimated from the implied cost of capital approach and contrasts the results with those based on realized returns. Among G7 countries, we find that the implied cost of capital based expected returns are only...

This study presents a new methodology for estimating international cost of capital. Using a discounted cash flow model, we estimate market implied risk premia for firms in the G-7 countries during the 1990 to 2000 time period. We find that the average risk premia in G-7 countries typically fall...

This paper studies the valuation of initial public offerings (IPO) using comparable firm multiples. In a sample of more than 2000 IPOs from 1980 to 1997, we find that the median IPO is overvalued at the offer by about 50% relative to its industry peers. This overvaluation is robust over time,...

This paper studies the relation between closed-end fund discounts and time varying expected excess returns on small firms. The results indicate that closed-end fund discounts forecast future excess returns on small firms. The information in discounts is independent of that in other commonly used...

This paper finds that default betas are significantly related to the cross-section of average bond returns even after controlling for characteristics such as duration, ratings, and yield-to-maturity. Among characteristics, only yield-to-maturity is significantly related to average bond returns...

This paper examines the interaction between momentum in equities and corporate bonds. We find that investment grade corporate bonds do not exhibit momentum at the three to twelve month horizons; rather there is evidence of reversals. There is, however, significant evidence of a momentum...

This paper finds that trading volume is a significant determinant of the lead-lag patterns observed in stock returns. Daily and weekly returns on high volume portfolios lead returns on low volume portfolios, controlling for firm size. Nonsynchronous trading or low volume portfolio...

Past trading volume predicts both the magnitude and persistence of future price momentum. In the intermediate-term, a strategy of buying past high-volume winners and selling past high-volume losers outperforms a similar strategy based on price momentum alone by 2% to 7% per year. In the...