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Title: Rare Events, Financial Crises, and the Cross-Section of Asset Returns

Author(s): Francesco Bianchi

Publication Date: March 2015

Keyword(s): financial crises, Great Depression, Great Recession, Intertemporal CAPM and Markov-switching VAR

Programme Area(s): International Macroeconomics

Abstract: Similarities between the Great Depression and the Great Recession are documented with respect to the behavior of financial markets. A Great Depression regime is identified by using a Markov-switching VAR. The probability of this regime has remained close to zero for many decades, but spiked for a short period during the most recent financial crisis, the Great Recession. The Great Depression regime implies a collapse of the stock market, with small-growth stocks outperforming small-value stocks. This helps to explain the cross section of asset returns when risk is priced according to a version of the "Bad Beta, Good Beta" Intertemporal CAPM that allows for regime changes.

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Bianchi, F. 2015. 'Rare Events, Financial Crises, and the Cross-Section of Asset Returns'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=10520