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Moment Risk Premia and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns

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  • Elyas Elyasiani
  • Luca Gambarelli
  • Silvia Muzzioli

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The aim of this paper is to assess the existence and the sign of moment risk premia. To this end, we use methodologies ranging from swap contracts to portfolio sorting techniques in order to obtain robust estimates. We provide empirical evidence for the European stock market for the 2008-2015 time period. Evidence is found of a negative volatility risk premium and a positive skewness risk premium, which are robust to the different techniques and cannot be explained by common risk-factors such as market excess return, size, book-to-market and momentum. Kurtosis risk is not priced in our dataset. Furthermore, we find evidence of a positive risk premium in relation to the firm’s size.

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  • Elyas Elyasiani & Luca Gambarelli & Silvia Muzzioli, 2016. "Moment Risk Premia and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns," Department of Economics 0103, University of Modena and Reggio E., Faculty of Economics "Marco Biagi".
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    Keywords

    skewness index; risk-neutral moments; implied volatility; skewness risk premium.;
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    JEL classification:

    • G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading

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