Time-preference shocks affect agents' preferences for assets with different durations. We consider longevity risk as a source of time-preference shocks and model it in the recursive preferences setting. This implies a consumption-based three-factor model, including longevity risk, consumption...

We construct a monthly Presidential Economic Approval Rating (PEAR) index from 1981 to 2019, by averaging ratings on president’s handling of the economy across various national polls. In the cross-section, stocks with high betas to changes in the PEAR index significantly under-perform those...

We provide empirical support for the vast investor attention literature assuming that active retail investor attention is a proxy for stock visibility, impacting retail investor base and subsequently, stock demand and stock returns. Utilizing Robinhood investor data to measure retail investor...

Unlike traditional asset categories (e.g., industry classifications) that are generally defined clearly, some groups of stocks are tied to a certain loosely defined “concept” (e.g., e-commerce). When investors find it difficult to analyze ambiguous concept-oriented information, information...