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The cross-sectional return predictability of employment growth: a liquidity risk explanation

The cross-sectional return predictability of employment growth: a liquidity risk explanation
The cross-sectional return predictability of employment growth: a liquidity risk explanation
Employment growth (EG) is related to liquidity fundamentals of investment opportunities, firm health, and information environment and quality. This, in turn, implies that liquidity risk may play a role in explaining the relation between employment growth and stock returns. We find strong empirical evidence supporting the link between employment growth and liquidity risk. Stocks of high-EG firms are more liquid and exposed to lower liquidity risk than stocks of low-EG firms. After adjusting for liquidity risk, employment growth loses its power to predict returns.
0732-8516
155 - 178
Liu, Weimin
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Luo, Di
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Park, Seyoung
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Zhao, Huainan
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Liu, Weimin
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Park, Seyoung
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Zhao, Huainan
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Liu, Weimin, Luo, Di, Park, Seyoung and Zhao, Huainan (2022) The cross-sectional return predictability of employment growth: a liquidity risk explanation. Financial Review, 57 (1), 155 - 178. (doi:10.1111/fire.12279).

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Abstract

Employment growth (EG) is related to liquidity fundamentals of investment opportunities, firm health, and information environment and quality. This, in turn, implies that liquidity risk may play a role in explaining the relation between employment growth and stock returns. We find strong empirical evidence supporting the link between employment growth and liquidity risk. Stocks of high-EG firms are more liquid and exposed to lower liquidity risk than stocks of low-EG firms. After adjusting for liquidity risk, employment growth loses its power to predict returns.

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Accepted/In Press date: 14 July 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 11 August 2021
Published date: 12 January 2022

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Local EPrints ID: 450459
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/450459
DOI: doi:10.1111/fire.12279
ISSN: 0732-8516
PURE UUID: d85521f4-9827-4411-a3c2-951f183742c0
ORCID for Di Luo: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7405-6347

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Date deposited: 28 Jul 2021 16:32
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 06:43

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Author: Weimin Liu
Author: Di Luo ORCID iD
Author: Seyoung Park
Author: Huainan Zhao

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