Brazilian equity risk premium analysis: a macroeconomic approach

This research studies the role of fluctuations in the aggregate consumption-wealth ratio proposed by Lettau and Ludvigson (2001) as a predictor of stock returns in the Brazilian economy. Using quarterly data, evidence for predictability of asset growth was found with an ̅ 2 of near 27% and a highly...

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Autor: Abe, Bruno Jordan Orfei
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Instituição de Ensino Superior e de Pesquisa (INSPER)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da INSPER
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.insper.edu.br:11224/736
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.insper.edu.br/handle/11224/736
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Excess Returns; Expected Returns; Consumption; Wealth; Cointegration.
Excess eturns
Expected returns
Consumption
Wealth
Cointegration
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Sumario:This research studies the role of fluctuations in the aggregate consumption-wealth ratio proposed by Lettau and Ludvigson (2001) as a predictor of stock returns in the Brazilian economy. Using quarterly data, evidence for predictability of asset growth was found with an ̅ 2 of near 27% and a highly significant coefficient as expected, in contrast to absence of statistical evidence for predictability of stock returns or excess returns. Regressions containing those fluctuations also resulted in worse ̅ 2. For the data used, dividend yield was not capable of showing predictive power also. The predictability of the returns on the Brazilian economy is not rejected but data fails to show the expected results. Finding macroeconomic data that represent the same agent was a big obstacle. After testing many different datasets and different model specifications, data still failed to show any explanatory power over returns or excess returns.