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Revealing the risk perception of investors using machine learning

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  • Marina Koelbl
  • Ralf Laschinger
  • Bertram I. Steininger
  • Wolfgang Schaefers

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Corporate disclosures convey crucial information to financial market participants. While machine learning algorithms are commonly used to extract this information, they often overlook the use of idiosyncratic terminology and industry-specific vocabulary within documents. This study uses an unsupervised machine learning algorithm, the Structural Topic Model, to overcome these issues. Our findings illustrate the link between machine-extracted risk factors discussed in corporate disclosures (10-Ks) and the corresponding pricing behavior by investors, focusing on a previously unexplored US REIT sample from 2005 to 2019. Surprisingly, when disclosed, most risk factors counterintuitively lead to a decrease in return volatility. This resolution of uncertainties surrounding known risk factors or the provision of additional facts about these factors contributes valuable insights to the financial market.

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  • Marina Koelbl & Ralf Laschinger & Bertram I. Steininger & Wolfgang Schaefers, 2024. "Revealing the risk perception of investors using machine learning," The European Journal of Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(17), pages 2032-2058, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurjfi:v:30:y:2024:i:17:p:2032-2058
    DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2024.2364831
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