Gambling, Risk Appetite and Asset Pricing
59 Pages Posted: 30 Nov 2017 Last revised: 17 Apr 2018
Date Written: March 1, 2018
Abstract
A measure of the propensity to gamble in casinos constructed without any asset price data provides relevant information for asset pricing. This measure of risk appetite improves the fit of conditional asset pricing models such as the conditional CAPM, explains cross-sectional differences in future returns for portfolios sorted on various characteristics, and helps forecast market and portfolio excess returns out of sample. The relationship between risk appetite and asset prices appears to be mainly explained by simultaneous changes in risk and risk premia.
Keywords: Asset Pricing, Cross-Section, Predictability, Factors, CAPM, Conditional Model, Gambling, Casino
JEL Classification: G12, G02
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