On the Timing and Pricing of Dividends: Web Appendix

17 Pages Posted: 9 Oct 2011

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Jules H. van Binsbergen

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Michael W. Brandt

Duke University - Fuqua School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Ralph S. J. Koijen

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: October 7, 2011

Abstract

We present evidence on the term structure of the equity premium. We recover prices of dividend strips, which are short-term assets that pay dividends on the stock index every period up to period T and nothing thereafter. It is short-term relative to the index because the index pays dividends in perpetuity. We find that expected returns, Sharpe ratios, and volatilities on short-term assets are higher than on the index, while their CAPM betas are below one. Short-term assets are more volatile than their realizations, leading to excess volatility and return predictability. Our findings are inconsistent with many leading theories.

Suggested Citation

van Binsbergen, Jules H. and Brandt, Michael W. and Koijen, Ralph S. J., On the Timing and Pricing of Dividends: Web Appendix (October 7, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1940687 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1940687

Jules H. Van Binsbergen

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