German Abstract: Das im Jahre 1993 veröffentlichte Fama-French-Modell ist heute zum Standardmodell zur Erklärung von Aktienrenditen geworden. Trotz seiner eher unbefriedigenden theoretischen Fundierung und seiner empirischen Schwächen hat sich bislang kein Alternativmodell etabliert....

Using a large data set of companies from 16 European countries over the period between January 1994 and May 2011, we estimate the equity risk premiums applying an implied cost of capital approach. We find estimates that are consistently larger than those in previous studies, ranging from 4.4% to...

This internet appendix provides simulation results that compare the Bayesian model averaging approach (BMA) with alternative proxy selection approaches. For more information, refer to the main paper.The paper "Model Uncertainty and Expected Return Proxies'" to which these Appendices apply is...

Over the last two decades, alternative expected return proxies have been proposed with substantially lower variation than realized returns. This helped to reduce parameter uncertainty and to identify many seemingly robust relations between expected returns and variables of interest, which would...

This dissertation analyzes how asset performance relates to inflation based on 50 countries and 60 years of data. The three key findings are: a nonlinear behavior of bills, bonds, and equities against inflation, the demystification of listed infrastructure as inflation hedge, and, finally, a...