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Common shocks in stocks and bonds

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Cieslak, A; Pang, H
Published in: Journal of Financial Economics
November 1, 2021

We propose an approach to identify economic shocks (monetary, growth, and risk premium news) from stock returns and Treasury yield changes, which allows us to study the drivers of asset prices at a daily frequency since the early 1980s. We apply the identification to examine investors’ responses to news from the Fed and key macro announcements. We uncover two risk premium shocks—time-varying compensation for discount rate and cash flow news—which have distinct effects on stocks and bonds. Since the mid-1990s, the Fed-induced reductions in both risk premium sources have generated high average stock returns but an ambiguous response in bonds on FOMC days.

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Journal of Financial Economics

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ISSN

0304-405X

Publication Date

November 1, 2021

Volume

142

Issue

2

Start / End Page

880 / 904

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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Cieslak, A., & Pang, H. (2021). Common shocks in stocks and bonds. Journal of Financial Economics, 142(2), 880–904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.06.008
Cieslak, A., and H. Pang. “Common shocks in stocks and bonds.” Journal of Financial Economics 142, no. 2 (November 1, 2021): 880–904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.06.008.
Cieslak A, Pang H. Common shocks in stocks and bonds. Journal of Financial Economics. 2021 Nov 1;142(2):880–904.
Cieslak, A., and H. Pang. “Common shocks in stocks and bonds.” Journal of Financial Economics, vol. 142, no. 2, Nov. 2021, pp. 880–904. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.06.008.
Cieslak A, Pang H. Common shocks in stocks and bonds. Journal of Financial Economics. 2021 Nov 1;142(2):880–904.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Financial Economics

DOI

ISSN

0304-405X

Publication Date

November 1, 2021

Volume

142

Issue

2

Start / End Page

880 / 904

Related Subject Headings

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