Value or Growth? Pricing of Idiosyncratic Cash-Flow Risk with Heterogeneous Beliefs

53 Pages Posted: 6 Jul 2015 Last revised: 27 Aug 2015

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Michael F. Gallmeyer

University of Virginia (UVA) - McIntire School of Commerce

Hogyu Jhang

CNU, School of Business

Hwagyun Kim

Texas A&M University - Mays Business School

Date Written: July 1, 2015

Abstract

We study a continuous-time pure exchange economy where idiosyncratic cash flow risks are priced via investors' heterogeneous beliefs. Investors perceive idiosyncratic cash flow risks differently through heterogeneous subjective mean growth rates on a firm's cash flow. This impacts equilibrium quantities. Our model shows that idiosyncratic cash flow shocks priced through belief differences can explain cross-sectional variations in stock returns and cash flows. Quantitative results show that a value premium arises, as value stocks have higher idiosyncratic cash-flow volatilities, lower average cash flows, and higher belief differences, which is empirically supported. A growth premium prevails without belief differences.

Keywords: idiosyncratic cash-flow risk, heterogeneous beliefs, general equilibrium, cross-section of stock returns, habit formation, the value premium

JEL Classification: G00, G02, G10, G11, G12

Suggested Citation

Gallmeyer, Michael F. and Jhang, Hogyu and Kim, Hwagyun, Value or Growth? Pricing of Idiosyncratic Cash-Flow Risk with Heterogeneous Beliefs (July 1, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2626842 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2626842

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Hogyu Jhang

CNU, School of Business ( email )

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Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Hwagyun Kim

Texas A&M University - Mays Business School ( email )

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College Station, TX 77843-4218
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