Diverging Roads: Theory-Based vs. Machine Learning-Implied Stock Risk Premia

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  • Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
  • Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
  • Leibniz-Institut für Finanzmarktforschung SAFE
  • Universität zu Köln
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seitenumfang90
PublikationsstatusElektronisch veröffentlicht (E-Pub) - 24 Feb. 2020
Extern publiziertJa

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NameUniversity of Tübingen Working Papers in Business and Economics
Nr.130

Abstract

We assess financial theory-based and machine learning methods to quantify stock risk premia and investigate the potential of hybrid strategies. In the low signal-to-noise environment of a one-month investment horizon, we recommend to rely on a theory-based strategy that exploits the information in current option prices, especially if the risk premium estimate is to be updated at a high frequency. At the one-year horizon, the theory/option-based strategy and an ensemble of neural networks, two notably different methodologies, perform comparably well. A random forest can improve on the theory-based method, provided that a sufficiently long training period is used. In an effort to connect the opposing philosophies, we identify the use of a random forest to account for the approximation errors of the theory-based approach towards measuring stock risk premia as a promising hybrid strategy. It combines the advantages of two diverging roads in the finance world.

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Diverging Roads: Theory-Based vs. Machine Learning-Implied Stock Risk Premia. / Grammig, Joachim; Hanenberg, Constantin; Schlag, Christian et al.
2020. (University of Tübingen Working Papers in Business and Economics; Nr. 130).

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Grammig, J, Hanenberg, C, Schlag, C & Sönksen, J 2020 'Diverging Roads: Theory-Based vs. Machine Learning-Implied Stock Risk Premia' University of Tübingen Working Papers in Business and Economics, Nr. 130. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3536835, https://doi.org/10.15496/publikation-39286
Grammig, J., Hanenberg, C., Schlag, C., & Sönksen, J. (2020). Diverging Roads: Theory-Based vs. Machine Learning-Implied Stock Risk Premia. (University of Tübingen Working Papers in Business and Economics; Nr. 130). Vorabveröffentlichung online. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3536835, https://doi.org/10.15496/publikation-39286
Grammig J, Hanenberg C, Schlag C, Sönksen J. Diverging Roads: Theory-Based vs. Machine Learning-Implied Stock Risk Premia. 2020 Feb 24. (University of Tübingen Working Papers in Business and Economics; 130). Epub 2020 Feb 24. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3536835, 10.15496/publikation-39286
Grammig, Joachim ; Hanenberg, Constantin ; Schlag, Christian et al. / Diverging Roads : Theory-Based vs. Machine Learning-Implied Stock Risk Premia. 2020. (University of Tübingen Working Papers in Business and Economics; 130).
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