Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Discussion Papers,
Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science
No 2006/8: Financial Distress and Idiosyncratic Volatility: An Empirical Investigation
Jing Chen () and Lorán Chollete ()
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Jing Chen: Columbia University, Graduate School of Business, Postal: Columbia University, Graduate School of Business, 311 Uris Hall, New York, N.Y. 10027, USA
Lorán Chollete: Dept. of Finance and Management Science, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Postal: NHH , Department of Finance and Management Science, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway
Abstract: We address the twin puzzles of anomalously low returns for high idiosyncratic volatility and high distress risk stocks, documented by Ang, Hodrick, Xing and Zhang (2006) and Campbell, Hilscher and Szilagyi (2005), respectively. We accomplish two objectives in this study. First, we investigate the link between idiosyncratic volatility and distress risk and find that the idiosyncratic volatility effect exists only conditionally on high distress risk. Second, using a corrected single-beta CAPM model, we provide a rational explanation for the twin puzzles. Joint statistical tests cannot reject the null hypothesis of zero abnormal returns across the idiosyncratic volatility and distress risk portfolios, for the corrected model.
Keywords: Distress risk; idiosyncratic volatility; single-beta CAPM
JEL-codes: C12
27 pages, August 4, 2006
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