We evaluate the empirical support for a broad class of long run risk models using information in factors extracted through principal component analysis of the covariance matrix of log price dividend ratios of twenty five equity portfolios formed on Size and Book-to-Market. We identify two...

We evaluate the empirical support for a broad class of long run risk models using information in factors extracted through principal component analysis of the covariance matrix of log price dividend ratios of twenty five equity portfolios formed on Size and Book-to-Market. We identify two...

We investigate market liquidity, distribution of private information-based trades, and the cost of capital of publicly traded family firms in Japan. First, we find that family firms in Japan have a lower cost of debt, lower market liquidity, and higher information asymmetry. However, we did not...

We investigate market liquidity, distribution of private information-based trades, and the cost of capital of publicly traded family firms in Japan. As to the estimation of information asymmetry and illiquidity, we use the private information flow (Adjusted PIN) and the symmetric order inflow...