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High short interest effect and aggregate volatility risk
(University of Georgia, 2013-07)
We propose a risk-based firm-type explanation on why stocks of firms with high relative short interest (RSI) have lower future returns. We argue that these firms have negative alphas because they are a hedge against expected ...
Firm complexity and post-earnings-announcement drift
(University of Georgia, 2013-11)
The paper shows that the post-earnings-announcement drift is stronger for conglomerates, despite conglomerates being larger, more liquid, and more actively researched by investors. We attribute this finding to slower ...
Residency requirements and house prices: A natural experiment from Ohio
(University of Georgia, 2013-03-13)
In the last 20 years many US cities have removed their residency requirements in response to municipal employee demands to choose where they live. We examine the effect of Ohio’s 2006 residency requirement ban on housing ...
United States economic forecast 2010-2011
(University of Georgia, 2011-02-07)
Job referral networks and the determination of earnings in local labor markets
(University of Georgia, 2013-08)
Despite their documented importance in the labor market, little is known about how workers use social networks to find jobs and their resulting effect on earnings. I use geographically detailed U.S. employer-employee data ...
Georgia's employment forecast for metropolitan areas 2010-2011
(University of Georgia, 2011-02-10)
Georgia's employment forecast 2010-2011
(University of Georgia, 2011-02-10)
Stocks with extreme past returns: Lotteries or insurance?
(University of Georgia, 2013-10)
The paper shows that lottery-like stocks are hedges against unexpected increases in market volatility. The loading on the aggregate volatility risk factor explains low returns to stocks with high maximum returns in the ...
Georgia's baseline employment forecast 2012-2013
(University of Georgia, 2012-11-28)
Asymmetric roles of advertising and marketing capability in financial returns to news: Turning bad to good and good to great
(University of Georgia, 2013-08-23)
"News reports that carry positive or negative sentiment about a firm influence the firm’s stock price performance. This study examines the role of firm controllable marketing factors, namely, advertising spending and ...