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The Finance and Economics Discussion Series logo links to FEDS home page The Aggregate Change in Shares and the Level of Stock Prices
William R. Nelson
1999-8


Abstract: The average change in shares of equity is negatively correlated with estimates of the equity premium calculated using the dividend-ratio model of Campbell and Shiller, as well as with a variant of the model written in terms of the earnings-price ratio. This correlation is consistent with corporations issuing equity when it is a relatively inexpensive source of finance and repurchasing equity when it is a relatively good investment. However, when the retirement of shares resulting from mergers are included, the average change in shares is no longer significantly correlated with the equity premium.

Keywords: Equity issuance, equity repurchase, dividend-ratio model, earnings-price ratio

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