"We develop a new GMM-style methodology with good small-sample properties to assess the abnormal performance and risk … sample is small. Larger funds have higher returns due to higher risk exposures and not higher alphas. We also find that Net …

extensive number of robustness checks. Overall, downside cash flow risk is priced most consistently across different samples … ability. The downside cash flow risk premium is mainly attributable to small stocks. The risk premium for large stocks appears … much more driven by a compensation for symmetric, cash flow related risk. Finally, we multiply our premia estimates by …