Inflation Tail Risk

50 Pages Posted: 28 Aug 2024 Last revised: 4 Nov 2024

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Sebastian Luber

Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance

Date Written: August 09, 2024

Abstract

The study demonstrates that tail inflation risk is priced into stock returns and credit spreads. This holds true even when controlling for current and historical inflation moments. The analysis employs inflation caps and floors to obtain the distribution of future inflation under the risk-neutral measure. Credit spreads decrease as the mean and median of future inflation rise, but they respond positively to tail risks. Conversely, stocks serve as a robust hedge against future inflation. Stock returns increase with a higher mean and median of future inflation and rising inflationary tail risk, while they decrease with rising deflationary tail risk.

Keywords: asset pricing, inflation expectations, options, derivatives, tail risk, stocks, bonds

JEL Classification: E31, C5, C10, G11, G12, G13, G17

Suggested Citation

Luber, Sebastian, Inflation Tail Risk (August 09, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4920495 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4920495

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