Global asset pricing models have failed to capture the cross-section of country equity returns. Emerging markets display robust positive pricing errors, and country-level characteristics play a role in pricing international equities. This paper offers a risk-based explanation for such asset pricing deviations. A world credit risk factor is significantly priced in the cross-section of country equity returns. In its presence, the positive pricing errors in emerging markets disappear and country-level characteristics no longer play a role. The risk premium for exposure to the credit risk factor is 80 basis points per month and has increased in recent years.
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Columbia Univ, Columbia Business Sch, New York, NY 10027 USA
NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USAColumbia Univ, Columbia Business Sch, New York, NY 10027 USA
Hodrick, Robert J.
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Zhang, Xiaoyan
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Cornell Univ, Johnson Grad Sch Management, Ithaca, NY 14853 USAColumbia Univ, Columbia Business Sch, New York, NY 10027 USA
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Columbia Univ, Columbia Business Sch, New York, NY 10027 USA
NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USAColumbia Univ, Columbia Business Sch, New York, NY 10027 USA
Hodrick, Robert J.
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Zhang, Xiaoyan
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Cornell Univ, Johnson Grad Sch Management, Ithaca, NY 14853 USAColumbia Univ, Columbia Business Sch, New York, NY 10027 USA