Journal of Finance 1988

Firm Characteristics, Unanticipated Inflation, and Stock Returns

Douglas K. Pearce¹; V. Vance Roley^2,3

¹ North Carolina State University · ² University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · ³ National Bureau of Economic Research

Abstract

This paper re-examines the effects of nominal contracts on the relationship between unanticipated inflation and individual stock's rate of return. This study differs in three main ways from previous research. First, announced inflation data are used to examine the effects of unanticipated inflation. Second, a different specification is used to obtain more efficient estimates. Third, additional nominal contracts are considered. The empirical results indicate that time-varying firm characteristics related to inflation predominately determine the effect of unanticipated inflation on a stock's rate of return. A firm's debt-equity ratio appears to be particularly important in determining the response.

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10.2307/2328146

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