Expected inflation, expected stock returns, and money illusion: What can we learn from survey expectations?

被引:24
作者
Schmeling, Maik [1 ]
Schrimpf, Andreas [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Leibniz Univ Hannover, Dept Econ, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
[2] Aarhus Univ, Sch Econ & Management, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
[3] Aarhus Univ, CREATES, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
关键词
Inflation expectations; Money illusion; Proxy hypothesis; Return predictability; MACRO VARIABLES; EXCHANGE-RATES; MARKET; FUNDAMENTALS; EARNINGS; PRICES; OUTPUT;
D O I
10.1016/j.euroecorev.2010.09.003
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We show empirically that survey-based measures of expected inflation are significant and strong predictors of future aggregate stock returns in several industrialized countries both in-sample and out-of-sample. Empirically discriminating between competing sources of this return predictability by virtue of a comprehensive set of expectations data, we find that money illusion seems to be the driving force behind our results. Another popular hypothesis - inflation as a proxy for aggregate risk aversion - is not supported by the data. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:702 / 719
页数:18
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