scholarly journals Labor Income, Relative Wealth Concerns, and the Cross-section of Stock Returns

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan-Pedro Gomez ◽  
Richard Priestley ◽  
Fernando Zapatero
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Labor Income ◽  
Relative Wealth ◽  
The Cross

scholarly journals Labor Income, Relative Wealth Concerns, and the Cross Section of Stock Returns

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 1111-1133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan-Pedro Gómez ◽  
Richard Priestley ◽  
Fernando Zapatero
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Risk Premium ◽  
Labor Income ◽  
Relative Wealth ◽  
The Cross

The finance literature documents a relation between labor income and the cross section of stock returns. One possible explanation for this is the hedging decisions of investors with relative wealth concerns. This implies a negative risk premium associated with stock returns correlated with local undiversifiable wealth because investors are willing to pay more for stocks that help their hedging goals. We find evidence that is consistent with these regularities. In addition, we show that the effect varies across geographic areas depending on the size and variability of undiversifiable wealth, proxied by labor income.

Seasonality in the Cross-Section of Stock Returns

CFA Digest ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-56
Author(s):  
Kathryn Dixon Jost
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
The Cross
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