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Do jumps contribute to the dynamics of the equity premium?

Abstract

This paper investigates whether risks associated with time-varying arrival of jumps and their effect on the dynamics of higher moments of returns are priced in the conditional mean of daily market excess returns. We find that jumps and jump dynamics are significantly related to the market equity premium. The results from our time-series approach reinforce the importance of the skewness premium found in cross-sectional studies using …

Authors

Maheu JM; McCurdy TH; Zhao X

Journal

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 110, No. 2, pp. 457–477

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

November 2013

DOI

10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.07.006

ISSN

0304-405X