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Finance and Economics Discussion Series: 2011-54 Screen Reader version

Investment, Idiosyncratic Risk, and Ownership

Vasia Panousi and Dimitris Papanikolaou *


Figure 1a. Idiosyncratic Volatility and Investment

  2007 2008 2009
Δ ln σ (INSD_L) 0.006498 0.043342 0.0492359
Δ ln σ (INSD_H) -0.07137 -0.05218 0.388215

Figure 1b. Idiosyncratic Volatility and Investment

  2007 2008 2009
Δ IK (INSD_L) -0.00778 -0.00993 -0.01845
Δ IK (INSD_H) -0.00677 0.018579 -0.08338

Figure 1c. Idiosyncratic Volatility and Investment

  2007 2008 2009
Δ IK (VEGA_L) 0.004198 -0.00207 -0.05009
Δ IK (VEGA_H) -0.00587 -0.00813 -0.02078

Figure 1d. Idiosyncratic Volatility and Investment

  2007 2008 2009
Δ IK (INST_L x INSD_L) 0.014353 -0.02473 -0.05895
Δ IK (INST_L x INSD_H) -0.02557 -0.051 -0.0276
Δ IK (INST_H x INSD_L) -0.00444 -0.00408 -0.04574
Δ IK (INST_H x INSD_H) 0.013794 0.023592 -0.05958

Figure 1e. Idiosyncratic Volatility and Investment

  IK(INSD_H) - IK(INSD_L) Average idiosyncratic volatility
1988 0.092334 0.2153189
1989 0.085341 0.1692159
1990 0.10341 0.1604191
1991 0.057795 0.1933091
1992 0.057542 0.1962727
1993 0.065692 0.1917204
1994 0.060382 0.1996183
1995 0.08651 0.1855396
1996 0.091992 0.1789953
1997 0.106748 0.1971058
1998 0.105214 0.2071184
1999 0.110861 0.2660379
2000 0.08253 0.3025822
2001 0.063859 0.3678352
2002 0.048761 0.2826127
2003 0.056664 0.2826943
2004 0.089504 0.2149179
2005 0.085386 0.1627333
2006 0.097226 0.1863099
2007 0.098235 0.1899057
2008 0.125739 0.1969932
2009 0.032287 0.3127697

Figure 1f. Idiosyncratic Volatility and Investment

  IK(INSD_H) - IK(INSD_L) Median idiosyncratic volatility
1988 0.040731 0.4256
1989 0.033023 0.36836
1990 0.04378 0.35171
1991 0.024234 0.42958
1992 0.034224 0.43867
1993 0.031767 0.42436
1994 0.037198 0.39579
1995 0.041057 0.35933
1996 0.033838 0.36247
1997 0.036465 0.37802
1998 0.024964 0.39569
1999 0.025955 0.47961
2000 0.012787 0.49555
2001 0.002627 0.55965
2002 0.011719 0.49995
2003 0.011891 0.42735
2004 0.011215 0.33244
2005 0.01151 0.27877
2006 0.016633 0.2662
2007 0.024089 0.25848
2008 0.010668 0.2811
2009 0.008028 0.47388
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