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Habit formation, the cross section of stock returns and the cash-flow risk puzzle☆

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The authors show that in the absence of cross-sectional heterogeneity in firms' cash-flow risk, non-linear external habit persistence models produce a growth premium, that is, stocks with high price-to-fundamental ratios command a higher premium than stocks with low price-To-Fundamental ratios.
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This article is published in Journal of Financial Economics.The article was published on 2010-11-01. It has received 182 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Equity premium puzzle & Value premium.

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An Empirical Evaluation of the Long-Run Risks Model for Asset Prices

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an empirical evaluation of the Long-Run Risks (LRR) model and highlight important differences in the asset pricing implications of the LRR model relative to the habit model.
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On the timing and pricing of dividends

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measure the prices of dividend strips to study the term structure of the equity risk premium and find that short-term and long-term dividends contribute proportionally more than the other.
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The Common Factor in Idiosyncratic Volatility: Quantitative Asset Pricing Implications

TL;DR: This paper found that exposure to the common factor in idiosyncratic volatility (CIV) in stock returns is indeed priced in the cross-section of U.S. stocks and that stocks that tend to appreciate when CIV rises earn relatively low average returns and thus appear to be valuable hedges.
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CAPM for Estimating the Cost of Equity Capital: Interpreting the Empirical Evidence

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the CAPM may be a reasonable model for estimating the cost of capital for projects in spite of increasing empirical evidence in the literature against theCAPM based on stock returns.
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Common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify five common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds, including three stock-market factors: an overall market factor and factors related to firm size and book-to-market equity.
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Capital asset prices: a theory of market equilibrium under conditions of risk*

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a body of positive microeconomic theory dealing with conditions of risk, which can be used to predict the behavior of capital marcets under certain conditions.
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The Cross‐Section of Expected Stock Returns

TL;DR: In this paper, Bhandari et al. found that the relationship between market/3 and average return is flat, even when 3 is the only explanatory variable, and when the tests allow for variation in 3 that is unrelated to size.
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Risk, Return, and Equilibrium: Empirical Tests

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between average return and risk for New York Stock Exchange common stocks was tested using a two-parameter portfolio model and models of market equilibrium derived from the two parameter portfolio model.
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The valuation of risk assets and the selection of risky investments in stock portfolios and capital budgets

TL;DR: In this article, the problem of selecting optimal security portfolios by risk-averse investors who have the alternative of investing in risk-free securities with a positive return or borrowing at the same rate of interest and who can sell short if they wish is discussed.
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