Good Jumps, Bad Jumps, and Conditional Equity Premium

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Hui Guo

University of Cincinnati - Department of Finance - Real Estate

Kent Wang

University of Queensland

Hao Zhou

Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance; SUSTech Business School

Date Written: February 2019

Abstract

We uncover significant asymmetric effects of realized jump risks on conditional equity premium. Negative or ``bad'' (positive or ``good'') jumps predict a rising (falling) near-term equity premium. The signed jump risk measures remain statistically significant even when we control for the variance risk premium. Negative jumps are associated with the worsening of future economic fundamentals while unrelated to short-term liquidity or market reversal. Our novel empirical findings are consistent with an asset pricing model allowing for both time-varying jump intensity and stochastic volatility of volatility to jointly affect the variance risk premium and conditional equity premium.

Keywords: Realized Jump Risk, Good and Bad Jumps, Conditional Equity Premium, Downside Economic Uncertainty, Variance Risk Premium.

JEL Classification: G10, G12, G17.

Suggested Citation

Guo, Hui and Wang, Kent and Zhou, Hao, Good Jumps, Bad Jumps, and Conditional Equity Premium (February 2019). Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2014 Conference Paper, PBCSF-NIFR Research Paper No. 14-05, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2515212 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2515212

Hui Guo

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Kent Wang

University of Queensland ( email )

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Hao Zhou (Contact Author)

Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance ( email )

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