Conditional Dynamics and the Multi-Horizon Risk-Return Trade-Off

60 Pages Posted: 17 Dec 2018 Last revised: 19 Apr 2023

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Mikhail Chernov

UCLA Anderson

Lars A. Lochstoer

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management

Stig R.H. Lundeby

BI Norwegian Business School

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Date Written: December 2018

Abstract

We propose testing asset-pricing models using multi-horizon returns (MHR). MHR effectively generate a new set of test assets that are endogenous to the model and that identify a broad set of possible conditional misspecifications. We apply MHR-based testing to prominent linear factor models and show that these models typically do a poor job of pricing longer-horizon returns, with pricing errors of similar magnitude as the risk premiums they were designed to explain. We trace the errors to the conditional factor dynamics. Explicitly incorporating factor timing in the models often makes mispricing worse, posing a challenge for future research.

Suggested Citation

Chernov, Mikhail and Lochstoer, Lars A. and Lundeby, Stig, Conditional Dynamics and the Multi-Horizon Risk-Return Trade-Off (December 2018). NBER Working Paper No. w25361, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3302481

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Lars A. Lochstoer

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Stig Lundeby

BI Norwegian Business School ( email )

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