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U.S. Trade Policy Uncertainty And Expected Stock Returns Of Chinese Listed Companies

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  • YUEXIANG JIANG

    (School of Economics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P. R. China)

  • YIMING DAI

    (School of Economics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P. R. China)

  • HUAIGANG LONG

    (School of Economics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P. R. China)

  • YANJIAN ZHU

    (School of Economics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P. R. China)

Abstract

Our study is the first to examine the pricing effect of U.S. trade policy uncertainty (TPU) on Chinese stocks. We estimate the U.S. TPU beta, which measures Chinese stock exposure to the U.S. TPU index. Both portfolio analyses and cross-sectional regressions suggest a significantly negative relation between the U.S. TPU beta and expected returns, which cannot be explained by other pricing factors. The stocks in the lowest U.S. TPU beta quintile can generate 3.48% higher annual returns compared to stocks in the highest U.S. TPU beta quintile. Furthermore, we provide two potential mechanisms that include a real economy channel and a behavioral finance channel using vector autoregression models. Our results indicate that the negative premium can be explained by both demanding more of high TPU beta stocks in hedging against adverse effects from TPU and selling more of low TPU beta stocks due to pessimistic beliefs of noise trader.

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  • Yuexiang Jiang & Yiming Dai & Huaigang Long & Yanjian Zhu, 2025. "U.S. Trade Policy Uncertainty And Expected Stock Returns Of Chinese Listed Companies," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 70(02), pages 343-366, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:serxxx:v:70:y:2025:i:02:n:s0217590821500235
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217590821500235
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    Keywords

    U.S. trade policy uncertainty; Chinese stock market; return predictability; asset pricing; vector autoregression models;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading

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