Robert F. Dittmar

Rice University

Professor

6100 South Main Street

P.O. Box 1892

Houston, TX 77005-1892

United States

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1.

Stock Repurchase Waves: An Explanation of the Trends in Aggregate Corporate Payout Policy

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 02 Dec 2002
Amy K. Dittmar and Robert F. Dittmar
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - The Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Rice University
Downloads 1,518 (20,927)
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payout policy, repurchases, dividends, earnings cointegration

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Ex Ante Skewness and Expected Stock Returns

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 14 Dec 2009
Jennifer S. Conrad, Jennifer S. Conrad, Robert F. Dittmar and Eric Ghysels
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Rice University and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Skewness, kurtosis, co-skewness, stochastic discount factors

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The Timing of Stock Repurchases

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 25 Jun 2006
Amy K. Dittmar and Robert F. Dittmar
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - The Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Rice University
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Repurchase, market timing, distribution policy

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Risk Adjustment and Trading Strategies

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 25 Jan 2001
Dong-Hyun Ahn, Jennifer S. Conrad, Jennifer S. Conrad and Robert F. Dittmar
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and Rice University
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Quadratic Term Structure Models: Theory and Evidence

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Quadratic Term Structure Models: Theory and Evidence

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 May 2000
Dong-Hyun Ahn, Robert F. Dittmar and A. Ronald Gallant
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rice University and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Economics Group
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Quadratic Term Structure Models: Theory and Evidence

Posted: 29 Jan 2002
Dong-Hyun Ahn, Robert F. Dittmar and A. Ronald Gallant
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rice University and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Economics Group

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Asset Pricing - Theoretical, Asset Pricing - Empirical, Term Structure of Interest Rates - Theoretical, Term Structure of Interest Rates - Empirical

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Momentum is Not an Anomaly

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Nov 2007
Robert F. Dittmar, Gautam Kaul and Qin Lei
Rice University, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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Consumption, Dividends, and the Cross-Section of Equity Returns

Twelfth Annual Utah Winter Finance Conference
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 26 Sep 2001
Ravi Bansal, Robert F. Dittmar and Christian T. Lundblad
Duke University and NBER, Rice University and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Asset Pricing Theory, Asset Pricing - Empirical, Asset Pricing - Equilibrium Models

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Initial Coin Offerings Hyped and Dehyped: An Empirical Examination

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2019
Robert F. Dittmar and Di (Andrew) Wu
Rice University and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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initial coin offering, cryotocurrency, blockchain, fintech

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Basis Assets

AFA 2004 San Diego Meetings, Fifteenth Annual Utah Winter Finance Conference
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Nov 2003
Dong-Hyun Ahn, Jennifer S. Conrad, Jennifer S. Conrad and Robert F. Dittmar
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and Rice University
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Long Run Risks and Equity Returns

AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Mar 2006
Ravi Bansal, Robert F. Dittmar and Dana Kiku
Duke University and NBER, Rice University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Interpreting Risk Premia Across Size, Value, and Industry Portfolios

EFA 2003 Annual Conference Paper No. 711
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Jul 2003
Ravi Bansal, Robert F. Dittmar and Christian T. Lundblad
Duke University and NBER, Rice University and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Implied Default Probabilities and Recovery Rates from Option Prices

AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 19 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2017
Jennifer S. Conrad, Jennifer S. Conrad, Robert F. Dittmar and Allaudeen Hameed
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Rice University and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Finance
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CDS, options,default probabilities, recovery

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Firm Characteristics, Consumption Risk, and Firm-Level Risk Exposures

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 31 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2015
Robert F. Dittmar and Christian T. Lundblad
Rice University and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Asset Pricing, Consumption Modeling, Cross-Section of Returns

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Do Investment-Based Models Explain Equity Returns? Evidence from Euler Equations

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 18 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2021
Stefanos Delikouras and Robert F. Dittmar
University of Miami - Department of Finance and Rice University
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Asset pricing, size, value, momentum, investment, profitability, q-theory

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Default Risk and the Pricing of U.S. Sovereign Bonds

Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. 18-20
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 13 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2019
Robert F. Dittmar, Alex Hsu, Guillaume Roussellet and Peter Simasek
Rice University, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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Treasury, TIPS, Breakeven Inflation, Default risk, Recovery rates

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Non-substitutable consumption growth risk

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 30 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2022
Robert F. Dittmar, Christian Schlag and Julian Thimme
Rice University, Goethe University Frankfurt and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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asset pricing, consumption, cross-section of stock returns, utility functions

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Do Dollar-Denominated Emerging Market Corporate Bonds Insure Foreign Exchange Risk?

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2019
Stefanos Delikouras, Robert F. Dittmar and Haitao Li
University of Miami - Department of Finance, Rice University and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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Emerging market debt, default risk, exchange rate risk

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Firm Characteristics, Consumption Risk, and Firm-Level Risk Exposures

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1255
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2015
Robert F. Dittmar and Christian T. Lundblad
Rice University and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Asset Pricing, Consumption-Based Asset Pricing, Cross-Section of Returns

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The Pricing Impacts of Sovereign Bonds

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Feb 2005
Robert F. Dittmar and Kathy Yuan
Rice University and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Finance
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Liquidity, benchmark, sovereign bond, corporate bond, emerging market

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Cointegration and Consumption Risks in Asset Returns

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Cointegration and Consumption Risks in Asset Returns

NBER Working Paper No. w13108
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2022
Ravi Bansal, Robert F. Dittmar and Dana Kiku
Duke University and NBER, Rice University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Cointegration and Consumption Risks in Asset Returns

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 3, pp. 1343-1375, 2009
Posted: 17 Mar 2009
Ravi Bansal, Robert F. Dittmar and Dana Kiku
Duke University and NBER, Rice University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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G1, G12

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Basis Assets

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 12, pp. 5133-5174, 2009
Posted: 24 Nov 2009
Dong-Hyun Ahn, Jennifer S. Conrad, Jennifer S. Conrad and Robert F. Dittmar
Seoul National University - School of Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and Rice University

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C10, G11

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Do Sovereign Bonds Benefit Corporate Bonds in Emerging Markets?

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 1983-2014, 2008
Posted: 19 Sep 2008
Robert F. Dittmar and Kathy Yuan
Rice University and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Finance

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G10, G12, G14

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Purebred or Hybrid: Reproducing the Volatility in Term Structure Dynamics

Posted: 26 Nov 2001
Dong-Hyun Ahn, Robert F. Dittmar, A. Ronald Gallant and Bin Gao
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rice University, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Economics Group and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Finance Area

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Asset Pricing - Theoretical, Asset Pricing - Empirical, Term Structure of Interest Rates - Empirical, Term Structure of Interest Rates - Theoretical

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Asset Pricing - Empirical, Cross-Sectional Asset Pricing, Nonlinear Pricing Models, Pricing of Higher Moments, Factor Models