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Roughing up beta: Continuous versus discontinuous betas and the cross section of expected stock returns

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Bollerslev, T; Li, SZ; Todorov, V
Published in: Journal of Financial Economics
June 1, 2016

We investigate how individual equity prices respond to continuous and jumpy market price moves and how these different market price risks, or betas, are priced in the cross section of expected stock returns. Based on a novel high-frequency data set of almost 1,000 stocks over two decades, we find that the two rough betas associated with intraday discontinuous and overnight returns entail significant risk premiums, while the intraday continuous beta does not. These higher risk premiums for the discontinuous and overnight market betas remain significant after controlling for a long list of other firm characteristics and explanatory variables.

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Journal of Financial Economics

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0304-405X

Publication Date

June 1, 2016

Volume

120

Issue

3

Start / End Page

464 / 490

Related Subject Headings

  • Finance
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 3502 Banking, finance and investment
  • 1606 Political Science
  • 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment
  • 1402 Applied Economics
 

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Bollerslev, T., Li, S. Z., & Todorov, V. (2016). Roughing up beta: Continuous versus discontinuous betas and the cross section of expected stock returns. Journal of Financial Economics, 120(3), 464–490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2016.02.001
Bollerslev, T., S. Z. Li, and V. Todorov. “Roughing up beta: Continuous versus discontinuous betas and the cross section of expected stock returns.” Journal of Financial Economics 120, no. 3 (June 1, 2016): 464–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2016.02.001.
Bollerslev T, Li SZ, Todorov V. Roughing up beta: Continuous versus discontinuous betas and the cross section of expected stock returns. Journal of Financial Economics. 2016 Jun 1;120(3):464–90.
Bollerslev, T., et al. “Roughing up beta: Continuous versus discontinuous betas and the cross section of expected stock returns.” Journal of Financial Economics, vol. 120, no. 3, June 2016, pp. 464–90. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2016.02.001.
Bollerslev T, Li SZ, Todorov V. Roughing up beta: Continuous versus discontinuous betas and the cross section of expected stock returns. Journal of Financial Economics. 2016 Jun 1;120(3):464–490.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Financial Economics

DOI

ISSN

0304-405X

Publication Date

June 1, 2016

Volume

120

Issue

3

Start / End Page

464 / 490

Related Subject Headings

  • Finance
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 3502 Banking, finance and investment
  • 1606 Political Science
  • 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment
  • 1402 Applied Economics