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Life cycle effect on the value relevance of common risk factors

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Purpose - The expected rate of return for individual firms is determined by multiple firm‐specific factors. There is no evidence on how firm life cycle contributes to the determination of the expected rate of return. This study explores how life cycle stage affects the expected rate of return. Design/methodology/approach - Regression analysis is applied to observe the effect of life cycle. Expected rate of return is dependent variable. Life cycle measures are interacted with commonly identified risk factors. Empirical data was collected for publicly traded firms from COMPUSTAT. Findings - The major finding of this study is the significant impact of life cycle stage. Results indicate that the value relevance of risk factors is conditional on firm life cycle stage. Findings suggest that capital markets do realize and incorporate information conveyed in firm life cycle stage when interpreting risk factors. Research limitations/implications - Future research can explore effects of life cycle stage on share return volatility as investors trade off between return and risk. Originality/value - This study targets a major aspect (i.e. what determine the expected rate of return in the finance literature) to shed light on the limited understanding of what contribute to individual firms’ risk premium. This study has implications for investor risk assessment and corporate risk management.

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  • Bixia Xu, 2007. "Life cycle effect on the value relevance of common risk factors," Review of Accounting and Finance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 6(2), pages 162-175, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:rafpps:v:6:y:2007:i:2:p:162-175
    DOI: 10.1108/14757700710750838
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    1. Chen, Kuan-Hau & Su, Xuan-Qi & Lin, Li-Feng & Shih, Yi-Cheng, 2021. "Profitability of moving-average technical analysis over the firm life cycle: Evidence from Taiwan," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
    2. Habib, Ahsan & Hasan, Mostafa Monzur, 2019. "Corporate life cycle research in accounting, finance and corporate governance: A survey, and directions for future research," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 188-201.
    3. Hossein Etemadi & Forough Rahimi Mougouie, 2015. "Firms Life Cycle and Ohlson Valuation Model: Evidence from Iran," Asian Economic and Financial Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 5(4), pages 641-652, April.
    4. Mohammad-Hossein Setayesh & Gholamreza Rezaei & Mostafa Kazemnezhad, 2016. "Corporate Governance, Investment in Research and Development and Company Performance: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach Based on Data from a Developing Country," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 6(3), pages 1114-1122.
    5. Sang-Lyul Ryu & Jayoun Won, 2022. "The Value Relevance of Operational Innovation: Insights from the Perspective of Firm Life Cycle," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-18, February.
    6. Hamed Omrani & Saber Samadi & Ahmad Kazemi Margavi & Hamid Asadzadeh & Hemad Nazari, 2011. "Corporate Life Cycle and the Explanatory Power of Risk Measures versus Performance Measures," Journal of Education and Vocational Research, AMH International, vol. 2(6), pages 199-206.
    7. Ahsan Akbar & Minhas Akbar & Wenjin Tang & Muhammad Azeem Qureshi, 2019. "Is Bankruptcy Risk Tied to Corporate Life-Cycle? Evidence from Pakistan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-22, January.

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