Pagano, Marco, Wagner, Christian, Zechner, Josef. 2022. Disaster Resilience and Asset Prices. European Winter Finance Conference (EWFC) 2022, Queryras, Frankreich, 17.01.
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Abstract
Using the pandemic as a laboratory, we show that asset markets assign a time-varying price to firms' disaster risk exposure. In 2020 the cross-section of realized and expected stock returns reflected firms' different exposure to the pandemic, as measured by their vulnerability to social distancing. Realized and expected return differentials initially widened and then narrowed, but disaster exposure still commanded a risk premium in December 2020. When inferred from market outcomes, resilience correlates not only with social distancing, but also with cash and environmental ratings. However, vulnerability to social distancing is the only characteristic that identifies persistently scarred firms.
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Status of publication | Published |
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Affiliation | WU |
Type of publication | Paper presented at an academic conference or symposium |
Language | English |
Title | Disaster Resilience and Asset Prices |
Event | European Winter Finance Conference (EWFC) 2022 |
Year | 2022 |
Date | 17.01. |
Country | France |
Location | Queryras |
JEL | G01, G11, G12, G13, G14, Q51, Q54 |
Associations
- People
- Wagner, Christian (Details)
- Zechner, Josef (Details)
- External
- Pagano, Marco (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
- Organization
- Institute for Finance, Banking and Insurance IN (Details)
- Research areas (Ă–STAT Classification 'Statistik Austria')
- 5305 Bank management (Details)
- 5307 Business and management economics (Details)
- 5358 Corporate finances (Details)
- 5361 Financial management (Details)