This paper investigates mispricing (specifically limits to arbitrage) as an alternative to the risk-based explanation of the globalization premium documented by Barrot et al. (2019). We document that the globalization premium is positively correlated with measures of limits to arbitrage. We...

Based on 10-K textual analysis, we assemble firm-level offshore sales networks (OSN) and find strong return predictability among industry participants that have overlapping offshore sales activities. This intra-industry return predictability based on offshore sales networks is distinct from that...

This paper examines prediction errors in the general dividend discount model using a back-test method. The prediction errors are based on realized dividends, terminal stock prices, and estimates of time-varying discount rates. Models of varying lengths are examined in our tests. We include firms...

Measures of a firm's financial strength forecast stock returns. The relation between financial condition and future returns, however, is consistent with two explanations: (1) changes in investors' expectations are impounded gradually over time and, (2) riskier firms - with higher discount rates...