The security market line (SML) accords with the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) by taking on an upward slope in pessimistic sentiment periods, but is downward sloping during optimistic periods. We hypothesize that this finding obtains because periods of optimism attract equity investment by...

We examine the impact of institutional investor cross holding (IICH) on the cost of equity. The findings suggest that IICH firms have a lower cost of equity than non-IICH firms. We find that it is mainly IICH firms in the same industry that successfully reduce their cost of equity. Additional...

Using a sample of 24 US banks from 1997 to 2004, we examine the relationship between value-at-risk (VAR) for trading activities and banks' cost of equity capital. We show that the implied cost of equity capital and the bid-ask spread, both proxying for the cost of equity capital, is positively...

This paper contains a brief discussion of shareholders' equity in the company. Equity is the owner's right to the company's assets after all obligations are paid. The equity of a company can be calculated by subtracting the company's liabilities from the company's total assets. In other words,...

I provide evidence that investor size matters in the market for short-term securities. Between January 2011 and November 2020, the largest asset management families obtained significantly higher promised returns from their money market securities than smaller families. Furthermore, I show that...