This study sheds new light on the cross-sectional effects of inflation, which have substantial implications for stock valuation. I use financial statement analysis to examine systematic stock-valuation effects of aggregate price-level changes on individual companies, focusing on the implications...

Companies actively manipulate stock price ranges through IPOs, stock splits, and repurchases. Indeed, empirical results suggest that the stock’s price range, whether at a high or low price level, affects market performance. Unfortunately, archival data does not allow us to test the effect of...

We propose a novel way to study asset prices based on price distortions rather than abnormal returns. We derive the correct identity linking current mispricing to subsequent returns, generating a price-level analogue to the fundamental asset pricing equation used to study returns. Our GMM test...