Based on the insight that risk exposure as quantified in the consumption based asset pricing model (CCAPM) is linearly proportional to the cash flow growth rate, we introduce a discounted cash flow model with a time-varying expected return structure matching the implicitly assumed risk exposure...

Capital costs are not directly observed since most firms own part of their capital stock. I show how cross-sectional variation in firms' input choices reveals the user cost of capital. Estimating the model using Compustat data, I find that capital costs as a share of output have been declining....

This paper examines prediction errors in the general dividend discount model using a back-test method. The prediction errors are based on realized dividends, terminal stock prices, and estimates of time-varying discount rates. Models of varying lengths are examined in our tests. We include firms...

Kapitalmarktheoretische Beta-Erklärungsansätze -- Verfahren zur Ermittlung des Betafaktors bei nicht börsennotierten Unternehmen(steilen) -- Zusammenhänge fundamentaler Kennzahlen und Beta -- Panelanalytisches Beta-Zusammenhangs- und Prognosemodell -- Multifaktor Beta-Modelle.