Long-Run Bulls and Bears

39 Pages Posted: 23 Jan 2015

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Rui A. Albuquerque

Boston College, Carroll School of Management; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Martin Eichenbaum

Northwestern University; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Dimitris Papanikolaou

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Sergio T. Rebelo

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Date Written: January 2015

Abstract

A central challenge in asset pricing is the weak connection between stock returns and observable economic fundamentals. We provide evidence that this connection is stronger than previously thought. We use a modified version of the Bry-Boschan algorithm to identify long-run swings in the stock market. We call these swings long-run bull and bear episodes. We find that there is a high correlation between stock returns and fundamentals across bull and bear episodes. This correlation is much higher than the analogous time-series correlations. We show that several asset pricing models cannot simultaneously account for the low time-series and high episode correlations.

Keywords: stock market returns

JEL Classification: G12

Suggested Citation

Albuquerque, Rui A. and Eichenbaum, Martin and Papanikolaou, Dimitris and Tavares Rebelo, Sergio, Long-Run Bulls and Bears (January 2015). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10351, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2554425

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