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Is the Yardstick ratio “a good yardstick†for stock market valuations?

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  • Máté Bors

    (University of Guelph)

  • Delong Li

    (University of Guelph)

  • Yiguo Sun

    (University of Guelph)

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This note empirically examines whether there is a long-run relation between a country's Yardstick ratio––i.e., stock-market capitalization divided by GDP––and total stock-market values. Using U.S. data, we show that this relation does not exist. However, after including the VIX index, our model successfully identifies a stable long-run relation among the three variables. We argue that, possibly, the Yardstick ratio reflects firms' dividend payments, and VIX represents market discount rates. Our novel results indicate that the rule of thumb among practitioners of using the Yardstick ratio as “the best single measure†of stock-market valuations is not well grounded.

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  • Máté Bors & Delong Li & Yiguo Sun, 2021. "Is the Yardstick ratio “a good yardstick†for stock market valuations?," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 41(3), pages 1444-1450.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-21-00305
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    Keywords

    Market capitalization; VIX; Yardstick ratio.;
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    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets

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