Finance Papers
Title
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
1999
Publication Source
Journal of Financial Economics
Volume
54
Issue
3
Start Page
375
Last Page
421
DOI
10.1016/S0304-405X(99)00041-0
Abstract
When a rate of return is regressed on a lagged stochastic regressor, such as a dividend yield, the regression disturbance is correlated with the regressor's innovation. The OLS estimator's finite-sample properties, derived here, can depart substantially from the standard regression setting. Bayesian posterior distributions for the regression parameters are obtained under specifications that differ with respect to (i) prior beliefs about the autocorrelation of the regressor and (ii) whether the initial observation of the regressor is specified as fixed or stochastic. The posteriors differ across such specifications, and asset allocations in the presence of estimation risk exhibit sensitivity to those differences.
Copyright/Permission Statement
© 1999. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Recommended Citation
Stambaugh, R. F. (1999). Predictive Regressions. Journal of Financial Economics, 54 (3), 375-421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0304-405X(99)00041-0
Date Posted: 27 November 2017
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