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Washington meets Wall Street: A closer examination of the Presidential cycle puzzle
Kräussl, Roman; Lucas, A; Rijsbergen, D. et al.
2014In Journal of International Money and Finance, 43, p. 50-69
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Abstract :
[en] We show that the annual excess return of the S&P 500 is almost 10 percent higher during the last two years of the presidential cycle than during the first two years. This pattern cannot be explained by business-cycle variables capturing timevarying risk premia, differences in risk levels, or by consumer and investor sentiment. We formally test the presidential election cycle (PEC) hypothesis as the alternative explanation found in the literature for explaining the presidential cycle anomaly. The PEC states that incumbent parties and presidents have an incentive to manipulate the economy (via budget expansions and taxes) to remain in power. We formulate eight empirically-testable propositions relating to the fiscal, monetary, tax, unexpected inflation and political implications of the PEC hypothesis. We do not find statistically significant evidence confirming the PEC hypothesis as a plausible explanation for the presidential cycle effect. The presidential cycle effect in U.S. financial markets thus remains a puzzle that cannot be easily explained by politicians employing their economic influence to remain in power, as is often believed.
Disciplines :
Finance
Author, co-author :
Kräussl, Roman ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Luxembourg School of Finance (LSF)
Lucas, A
Rijsbergen, D.
Sluis, P.
Vrugt, E.
Language :
English
Title :
Washington meets Wall Street: A closer examination of the Presidential cycle puzzle
Publication date :
2014
Journal title :
Journal of International Money and Finance
ISSN :
0261-5606
eISSN :
1873-0639
Publisher :
Elsevier, United Kingdom
Volume :
43
Pages :
50-69
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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