Takeovers and the cross section of returns time when future returns are low. Hodrick, xing, and zhang 2006, ahxz hereafter finds that, in the crosssection of stocks, high idiosyncratic volatility in this month predicts abysmally low average returns in the next month, which they call a substantive puzzle. Habit formation, the cross section of stock returns and the cashflow risk puzzle. Firm characteristics, consumption risk, and firmlevel. Factors that fit the time series and crosssection of. But a recent paper by ang, hodrick, xing, and zhang 2006, ahxz hereafter. Pdf tobins q and the crosssectional variation of stock returns.
Using display references under corridor dropdown menu allows the user to show in cross section view plan graphics shown as vertical lines. As a result, both shareholders and management have a claim on the. Pdf the objective of this paper is to explore, using uk stock price data, the. Media coverage and the crosssection of stock returns fang. Abstract we test for firmlevel asset investment effects in returns by examining the crosssectional relation between firm asset growth and subsequent stock returns. The crosssection of expected stock returns eugene f. October, 2016 abstract we use exchangetraded options to identify risks relevant to capital structure adjustments in rms. The motivation for the study is that bonds and stocks are typically studied in isolation, and when they are studied together, stocks are generally considered at only the aggregated index level. Publication bias and the crosssection of stock returns. Section 4 investigates the ability of the takeover factor to explain differences in the cross section of equity returns and whether the takeover factor is related to the cash flow and discount. Stocks with little coverage tend to have a narrow investor base, within which the idiosyncratic risks. Second, i show whether the stocks with no media coverage or low media coverage earn higher returns than stocks with high media coverage even after controlling for risk factors such as size or low liquidity. Takeovers and the crosssection of returns dukes fuqua school.
The crosssection and timeseries of stock and bond returns ralph s. Differences of opinion and the cross section of stock returns. The purpose of the study is first to examine, what are the determinants of companys media coverage. Asset expansion events, such as acquisitions, public equity and debt offerings, and loan initiations, tend to be followed by abnormally low stock. Fama, fisher, jensen and roll, 1969, the adjustment of stock prices to new. Jun 22, 2018 asset growth and the crosssection of stock returns michael j. Malloy and stock prices and differences of opinion. The crosssection of volatility and expected returns. Takeovers, governance and the crosssection of returns by. First, we construct a quintilespread portfolio that buys. What is cross section in cross section of stock return. A voluminous literature has studied the cross section of stock returns, but papers that examine the cross section of option returns are sparse. Crossreferences june 20 takeovers guidance to previous. How average returns change across different stock or portfolios.
Asset growth and the cross section of stock returns 1611 returns up to 5 years beyond the sorting year. Employment protection and takeovers olivier dessaint, andrey golubov and paolo volpin july 2015 abstract we show that labor restructuring is a key driver of corporate takeovers around the world. In outofsample tests, which range from 1986 to 20, our expected return estimates predict the cross section of future returns with a regression slope coe cient for 3, 12, 24, and 36month. By contrast, average monthly returns are the standard. Hal arkes, david hirshleifer, danling jiang, and sonya lim. Data preparationdescriptive statistics princeton university. In ation risk and the cross section of stock returns. This page sets out cross references to those parts of our previous guidance that related to the subject matter of our current regulatory guides. Boeings largest investment of the last decade was not a new commercial aircraft but its acquisition of mcdonnell douglas in 1996. Using a stock measure of organization capital based on readily available ac. In the inelastic range, the steel material can undergo strain hardening. Asset growth and the crosssection of stock returns krannert. In section 3, we confirm that our logit model and the resulting takeover factor indeed capture cross sectional differences in takeover vulnerability. Eisfeldty ucla dimitris papanikolaouz northwestern university july 2011 abstract organization capital is a production factor that is embodied in the rms key talent and has an e ciency that is rm speci c.
In the first part we test whether the issuance effect is. Two easily measured variables, size me and booktomarket equity. Summary of media coverage and the cross section of stock returns 1 media coverage improves investor recognition, extending the breadth of information dissemination. Empirical evidence that prices reflect optimism by anna scherbina. Storm water management model users manual version 5. A cross cultural study of reference point adaptation. However, since that time, hundreds of papers have tried to explain the cross. Factors that fit the time series and cross section of stock returns martin lettau 1 markus pelger 2 1uc berkeley 2stanford university november 30th 2018 nber asset pricing meeting. The crosssection and timeseries of stock and bond returns. All of these are very advanced concepts and beyond the scope of. Our work is motivated by the large literature that attempts to rationalize the evidence on the cross section of returns through the lens of an investment model. Thus, the investor is not compensated with higher return.
Luck versus skill in the crosssection of mutual fund returns. Duarte and jones 2007 use deltahedged options to study properties of individual stock volatility risk. Dittmar abstract this paper investigates nonlinear pricing kernels in which the risk factor is endogenously determined and preferences restrict the definition of the pricing kernel. The crosssection of expected stock returns 429 also possible, however, that beme just captures the unraveling regression toward the mean of irrational market whims about the prospects of firms. So intuitively, if you study the cross section of stock returns, you want to answer the question why stock a earns higherlower returns than stock b. Book value of equity consists of two main components that we expect contain di er. Takeovers and the crosssection of returns by martijn cremers. Ahern abstract industries that are more central in the network of intersectoral trade earn higher stock returns than industries that are less central. The cross section several factors besides market of stock returns risk including firm size, earningsprice ratio, and turnover are significant in evidence from emerging markets explaining a cross section of stock returns in 1 9 emerging markets.
Instead of having an for each of the thirty companies, we assume that each of the independent variables a ect the returns of stock prices the same and. Longshort anomaly returns are strongly related to the day of the week. Media coverage and the crosssection of stock returns 2025 and even firms public relation programs can affect firms cost of capital. Hal arkes, david hirshleifer, danling jiang, and sonya lim,organizational. Balance sheet growth and the predictability of stock returns.
However the economic rationale for the subsequent drift in returns remains unresolved. Organization capital and the crosssection of expected. Nov 03, 2008 the paper shows why investors require a higher rate of return on firms exposed to takeovers and yet value them higher than firms protected from takeovers. The effective series resistance per unit length in m all conductors that make up the line cross section are included 27.
The rational economic models in the mold of capm and apt have helped us understand the theoretical underpinnings of cross section of stock returns. Acquisitions and takeovers when analyzing investment decisions, we did not consider in any detail the largest investment decisions that most firms make, i. Thus, ceteris paribus, firms that are exposed to takeovers will. We find that stocks with no media coverage earn higher returns than stocks with high media coverage even after controlling for wellknown risk factors. December 10, 2010 abstract i establish that in ation risk is priced in the crosssection of stock returns. Stock market crosssectional skewness and business cycle. Another look at the crosssection of expected stock returns. Analyst disagreement and the cross section of stock returns by karl b. The role of investor attention and risk preferences. If firms are more likely to acquire during times when they have free cash andor when the required rate of return is low, takeover targets become more sensitive to shocks to. Cross sectional analysis is a type of analysis that an investor, analyst or portfolio manager may conduct on a company in relation to that companys industry or industry peers. Organization capital and the crosssection of expected returns andrea l. Korajczyk, and ronnie sadka may 26, 2010 abstract motivated by the literature on investment. The signs for some stijn claessens factors are contrary to those susmita dasgupta documented in u.
Fisher college of business, the ohio state university. If firms are more likely to acquire during times when they have free cash andor when the required rate of return is low, takeover targets become more sensitive to shocks to aggregate cash flows andor to the price of risk. Media coverage and the cross section of stock returns. The expected return on asset i over r f is proportional to the market risk premium. The initiative effect, as analyzed by burkart et al. Our study is one of the rst empirical studies of the returns to mortgagebacked securities over a long time series and broad cross section. Daniel da vid hirshleifer av anidhar subrahman y am w e thank. Cross section of expected returns and extreme returns. The cross section of expected holding period returns and.
Takeovers and the crosssection of returns request pdf. This paper considers the impact of takeover or acquisition likelihood on firm valuation. Anomalies for which the speculative leg is the short long leg experience the highest lowest. The paper shows why investors require a higher rate of return on firms exposed to takeovers and yet value them higher than firms protected from takeovers. Government bonds and the crosssection of stock returns. To gauge the robustness of our results across firm capitalization levels, we repeat our analysis across three sizegrouped portfolios small, medium, and large defined annually using the 30 thand 70 nyse market equity percentiles in june of.
Options, equity risks, and the value of capital structure. Using annual accounting data and monthly returns from compustat no delisting returns utilities and financials included 30% and 70% breakpoints based on nyse firms 0 0. This paper combines results from two earlier papers. While market participants and company executives recognize that information dissemination plays a crucial role in determining the cost of capital, traditionally.
Expanded annual industrial and full coverage file and the compustat. We investigate this hypothesis by studying the cross sectional relation between media coverage and expected stock returns. The analysis of the cross section of security returns. Options, equity risks, and the value of capital structure adjustments this version. Nonlinear pricing kernels, kurtosis preference, and. In this case, the synergy view would suggest that firms exposed to takeovers should have a lower rate of return. Cross sectional distribution of stock market returns of financial firms a probability density function log returns. If aggregate volatility is a risk factor that is orthogonal to existing risk factors, the sensitivity of stocks. Nov 16, 2014 a read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Network centrality and the cross section of stock returns kenneth r. Intraday patterns in the crosssection of stock returns steven l. Associate professor of finance department of economics and finance college of business. Yet, there are three nonexclusive reasons why stocks might differ in how they comove with government bonds.
February 2009 abstract the crosssection of returns of stock portfolios sorted along the booktomarket dimension can be understood with a onefactor model. Media coverage and the crosssection of stock returns article in the journal of finance 645. Whatever the underlying economic causes, our main result is straightfor ward. Duarte massachusetts institute of technology this version. Practically any statistical software can openread these type of files. Intraday patterns in the crosssection of stock returns. July 27, 2000 commen ts w elcome co v ariance risk, mispricing, and the cross section of securit y returns ken t d. Financial economists have long been engrossed with explaining the cross section of stock returns. We employ a large sample of public and subsidiary targets to test four previously unexamined theories of the.
Cremers is from the international center for finance at the yale school of management. Employment protection and takeovers catolicalisbon. Indeed, we start out from the realization that most extant models are not consistent with key features of the. Tano santos columbia university, cepr and nber pietro veronesi university of chicago, cepr and nber april 6, 2010 abstract nonlinear external habit persistence models, which feature prominently in the recent \equity. Schwert 2000 documents lower valuations of targets of hostile takeovers than of average. Organization capital and the crosssection of expected returns. The authors wish to thank bob korajczyk, ernst schaumburg and jay shanken for. Habit formation, the cross section of stock returns and. Nonlinear pricing kernels, kurtosis preference, and evidence from the cross section of equity returns robert f. This paper considers the impact of the takeover likelihood on firm valuation. Tobins q ratio on the crosssectional variation of average stock returns.
First, we construct a quintilespread portfolio that buys firms with a high. Parker and julliard 2005 nd that covariance of asset returns with future consumption growth has explanatory power for the cross section of rms. Earnings, retained earnings, and booktomarket in the. The cross section of intraday and overnight returns vincent bogousslavsky december 21, 2016 job market paper abstract using a thirtyyear sample of intraday returns on u. February 2009 abstract the cross section of returns of stock portfolios sorted along the booktomarket dimension can be understood with a onefactor model. Because of infrequent trading, time series of housing returns are not available at the property level. Previous studies on option returns have focused on index options e.
Among them are levy 1978, merton 1987, and malkiel and xu 2002. Thus, they conclude that beta is neither a single relevant risk measure nor a subset of. Richard zeckhauser, 1990, clearly heard on the street. Cross references june 20 takeovers guidance to previous guides in june 20 we consolidated our previous 17 regulatory guides about takeovers into 4 new regulatory guides. Pdf asset growth and the crosssection of stock returns. In this paper, we take a first look at the return predictive ability of firmlevel share issuance in international markets.
Takeovers and the crosssection of returns by martijn. Eisfeldty northwestern university dimitris papanikolaouz northwestern university september 2009 abstract this paper studies the unique risk characteristics of organization capital. The returns rit on the lspd file are monthly and continuously compounded. Using plan, profile and cross section views in roadway designer dialog window after adding all template drops the user should scan through the cross sections to check for errors. Singapore management university institutional knowledge at. Special topics in finance syllabus fall 08 tuesday 10. In a differenceindifferences setting, major increases in employment protection result in reduced takeover activity. Chicago gsb hanno lustig ucla and nber stijn van nieuwerburgh nyu stern and nber this version. A financingbased misvaluation factor and the cross section of expected returns.
These forwardlooking marketbased risk measures provide signi cant explanatory power in predicting net leverage changes in excess of. The cross section and timeseries of stock and bond returns ralph s. In germany, the banks form the core of this system. Bansal, dittmar, and lundblad 2005 show that covariation of cash ows with a longrun moving average of consumption growth generates cross sectional risk premia. Returns to acquirers of public and subsidiary targets. Tem transmission lines all exhibit axial symmetry from a circuit theory perspective the line is completely described by four distributed parameter quantities. When the pdf file gets updated, along with a new cross reference section a new trailer is added. Crosssection of expected returns and extreme returns. Nair is from the wharton school at the university of pennsylvania.
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