Information Uncertainties and Asset Pricing Puzzles: Risk or Mispricing?

Managerial Finance, Forthcoming

33 Pages Posted: 27 Sep 2015

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Keming Li

Texas A&M University (TAMU) - San Antonio

Mohammad Riaz Uddin

Marshall University - Lewis College of Business

John David Diltz

Central Michigan University - Department of Finance and Law; University of Texas at Arlington

Date Written: September 25, 2015

Abstract

Prior research has documented the role of information uncertainty in the cross-sectional variation in stock returns. Miller (1977) hypothesizes that if information uncertainty is caused by differences of opinion, prices will reflect only the positive beliefs due to short-sale constraints. These anomalous stock price behaviors may result from mispricing. In contrast, Merton (1974) asserts that default risk is a function of the uncertainty in the asset value process. Information uncertainty may be subsumed by credit or default risk. We provide empirical evidence consistent with Merton’s (1974) default risk hypothesis and inconsistent with Miller’s (1977) mispricing hypothesis.

Keywords: Information uncertainty; Fundamental uncertainty; Valuation uncertainty

JEL Classification: G10; G12; G14

Suggested Citation

Li, Keming and Uddin, Mohammad Riaz and Diltz, John David, Information Uncertainties and Asset Pricing Puzzles: Risk or Mispricing? (September 25, 2015). Managerial Finance, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2665711

Keming Li

Texas A&M University (TAMU) - San Antonio ( email )

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Mohammad Riaz Uddin

Marshall University - Lewis College of Business ( email )

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John David Diltz (Contact Author)

Central Michigan University - Department of Finance and Law ( email )

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United States

University of Texas at Arlington ( email )

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Arlington, TX 76013
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