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Consumption Volatility Risk

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  • OLIVER BOGUTH
  • LARS‐ALEXANDER KUEHN

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We show that time variation in macroeconomic uncertainty affects asset prices. Consumption volatility is a negatively priced source of risk for a wide variety of test portfolios. At the firm level, exposure to consumption volatility risk predicts future returns, generating a spread across quintile portfolios in excess of 7% annually. This premium is explained by cross‐sectional differences in the sensitivity of dividend volatility to consumption volatility. Stocks with volatile cash flows in uncertain aggregate times require higher expected returns.

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  • Oliver Boguth & Lars‐Alexander Kuehn, 2013. "Consumption Volatility Risk," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 68(6), pages 2589-2615, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:jfinan:v:68:y:2013:i:6:p:2589-2615
    DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12058
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