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Investor sentiment and bond risk premia

Investor sentiment and bond risk premia
Investor sentiment and bond risk premia
This article studies the statistical significance of the set of market sentiment variables proposed by Baker and Wurgler (2006) to predict the risk premium on U.S. sovereign bonds. We show that these variables can be summarized in one single market sentiment factor similar in spirit to the single-return forecasting factor proposed by Cochrane and Piazzesi (2005). Our findings reveal that this factor has predictive power beyond that contained in the yield curve and benchmark macroeconomic factors. The predictive power of this variable is time-varying, exhibiting more relevance during recession periods.
bond risk premia, forward prices, investor sentiment, bootstrap standard errors, wald tests
1386-4181
206-233
Laborda, R.
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Olmo, J.
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Laborda, R.
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Olmo, J.
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Laborda, R. and Olmo, J. (2014) Investor sentiment and bond risk premia. Journal of Financial Markets, 18, 206-233. (doi:10.1016/j.finmar.2013.05.008).

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This article studies the statistical significance of the set of market sentiment variables proposed by Baker and Wurgler (2006) to predict the risk premium on U.S. sovereign bonds. We show that these variables can be summarized in one single market sentiment factor similar in spirit to the single-return forecasting factor proposed by Cochrane and Piazzesi (2005). Our findings reveal that this factor has predictive power beyond that contained in the yield curve and benchmark macroeconomic factors. The predictive power of this variable is time-varying, exhibiting more relevance during recession periods.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 May 2013
e-pub ahead of print date: 7 June 2013
Published date: March 2014
Keywords: bond risk premia, forward prices, investor sentiment, bootstrap standard errors, wald tests
Organisations: Economics

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Local EPrints ID: 357416
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/357416
ISSN: 1386-4181
PURE UUID: 623be17d-7d5f-49d1-82cb-9dcf2df78985
ORCID for J. Olmo: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0437-7812

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Date deposited: 07 Oct 2013 13:45
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:46

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Author: R. Laborda
Author: J. Olmo ORCID iD

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