Inspired by Aumann and Serrano (2008) and Foster and Hart (2009), we propose risk-neutral options' implied measures of … riskiness and investigate their significance in predicting the cross section of expected returns per unit of risk. The empirical … stock returns. Stocks in the lowest riskiness portfolio have economically and statistically higher risk-adjusted returns …

REITs' idiosyncratic risk and their cross-sectional expected returns between 1981 and 2010. In addition to the full sample … models. Overall, we document a negative relation between idiosyncratic risk and cross-sectional expected returns and …

positive link between aggregate riskiness and market risk premium remains intact after controlling for the S&P500 index option … characterized by high aggregate risk aversion and high expected returns …

-varying riskiness and expected market returns. The significantly positive link between aggregate riskiness and market risk premium … showing that aggregate riskiness is higher during economic downturns characterized by high aggregate risk aversion and high …

This paper determines whether the world market risk, country-specific total risk, and country-specific idiosyncratic … risk are priced in an international capital asset pricing model (ICAPM). The paper also tests if the price of risk …, stacked time-series, and pooled panel regressions indicate that the world market risk is not, but country-specific total and …

The salience theory perspective on asset prices implies that investors overvalue stocks with salient upsides and … demonstrate that the salience effect prevails globally and is augmented by country-specific idiosyncratic risk. However, it …