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Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Volume 17, Issue 2

February 2024 - 47 articles

Cover Story: We assess the ability of three prominent consumption-based asset pricing models—the Bansal–Yaron, Campbell–Cochrane, and Cecchetti–Lam–Mark models—to explain stock return dynamics. While the Bansal–Yaron and Campbell–Cochrane models can resolve the equity premium and risk-free rate puzzles, their ability to capture return dynamics remains underexplored. None of the models can explain return dynamics, as evidenced by their residuals—the difference between expected and actual returns—not being martingale difference sequences. Mincer–Zarnowitz regressions show that out-of-sample expected returns are systematically biased. Additionally, semi-parametric tests question the ability of the models’ state variables to explain return dynamics, whatever the form of the stochastic discount factor. View this paper
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Articles (47)

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,976 Views
22 Pages

An efficient and effective portfolio provides maximum return potential with minimum risk by choosing an optimal balance among assets. Therefore, the objective of this study is to analyze the performance of optimized portfolios in minimizing risk and...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,712 Views
22 Pages

We here analyze the factor loadings given by the CAPM, the Fama–French three (FF3), and the five-factor model (FF5), and test the performance and the validity of adding two more factors (volatility and dispersion of returns) to the FF5 factor m...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,331 Views
27 Pages

On Smoothing and Habit Formation of Variable Life Annuity Benefits

  • Mogens Steffensen and
  • Savannah Halling Vikkelsøe

This paper studies optimal consumption and investment strategies with lifetime uncertainty to design a smooth pension product. In a simplified Black–Scholes market, we investigate three strategies for consumption and investment: the classical s...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,890 Views
17 Pages

The growth of state transfers to offset disparities in regional development affects the stability of the country’s financial system. This article delves into this outcome, empirically analyzing whether the transfer system for horizontal fiscal...

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8 Citations
8,380 Views
25 Pages

Analyzing the Factors That Affect Auditor’s Judgment and Decision Making in Lebanese Audit Firms

  • Bilal Adel Moustafa Abdallah,
  • Mohamed Gaber Ghanem and
  • Wagdi Hamed Hijazi

The exercise of audit judgment is essential because it is impractical to perform an audit on all types of evidence. These types of evidence are considered in forming an opinion on audited financial statements, making audit judgment a determinant of t...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,412 Views
27 Pages

The New Normalcy and the Pandemic Threat: A Real Option Approach

  • Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo and
  • Odin K. Knudsen

This paper delves into the evolving post-pandemic business arena, focusing on how liability options and social norms are reshaping industry structures. We anticipate lasting transformations due to the emergence of new safety standards that bridge the...

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  • Open Access
2,972 Views
41 Pages

We show that three prominent consumption-based asset pricing models—the Bansal–Yaron, Campbell–Cochrane and Cecchetti–Lam–Mark models—cannot explain the dynamic properties of stock market returns. We show this by e...

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  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,636 Views
13 Pages

Multi-Layer Perceptron-Based Classification with Application to Outlier Detection in Saudi Arabia Stock Returns

  • Khudhayr A. Rashedi,
  • Mohd Tahir Ismail,
  • Sadam Al Wadi,
  • Abdeslam Serroukh,
  • Tariq S. Alshammari and
  • Jamil J. Jaber

We aim to detect outliers in the daily stock price indices from the Saudi Arabia stock exchange (Tadawul) with 2026 observations from October 2011 to December 2019 provided by the Saudi Authority for Statistics and the Saudi Central Bank. We apply th...

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