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This paper revisits the relation between systematic skewness and returns, showing two main findings. First, the systematic skewness premium in individual stocks is time varying. When either skewness preference or systematic skewness is above rather than below the median, the premium is 4% higher. The combined effect of the two induces time variation in the premium of about 7%. Second, systematic skewness has significant additional explanatory power in explaining returns relative to most common characteristics, except size and momentum. These two results imply that skewness preference is an important determinant of expected returns providing a possible rationale for size and momentum. (JEL G11, G12)
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The Review of Asset Pricing Studies (RAPS) is a journal that aims to publish high-quality research in asset pricing. It evaluates papers based on their original contribution to the understanding of asset pricing. The topics covered in RAPS include theoretical and empirical models of asset prices and returns, empirical methodology, macro-finance, financial institutions and asset prices, information and liquidity in asset markets, behavioral investment studies, asset market structure and microstructure, risk analysis, hedge funds, mutual funds, alternative investments, and other related topics.
Manuscripts submitted to RAPS must be exclusive to the journal and should not have been previously published. Starting in 2020, RAPS will publish three issues per year, owing to an increasing number of high-quality submissions. The journal is indexed in EconLit, Emerging Sources Citation IndexTM, RePEc (Research Papers in Economics), and Scopus.