Non-Diversifiable Volatility Risk and Risk Premiums at Earnings Announcements

This study seeks to determine whether earnings announcements pose non-diversifiable volatility risk that commands a risk premium. We find that investors anticipate some earnings announcements to convey news that increases market return volatility and pay a premium to hedge this non-diversifiable ris...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Barth, Mary E., So, Eric
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Accounting Association 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111118
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9345-2123