Markets: A Rigorous Course

Summary of key results

Foundation about 5 min
Result Formula
Market model Riτ=αi+βiRmτ+εiτR_{i\tau}=\alpha_i+\beta_iR_{m\tau}+\varepsilon_{i\tau} (12.1)
Abnormal return ARi∗=Ri∗−X∗θ^i=εi∗−X∗(X′X)−1X′εiAR^*_i=R^*_i-X^*\hat\theta_i=\varepsilon^*_i-X^*(X'X)^{-1}X'\varepsilon_i (12.4, 12.6)
AR covariance Vi=σi2[I+X∗(X′X)−1X∗′]V_i=\sigma_i^2[I+X^*(X'X)^{-1}X^{*\prime}] (12.5)
Single-day variance σ2[1+1/L1+(Rmτ−Rˉm)2/∑(Rms−Rˉm)2]\sigma^2[1+1/L_1+(R_{m\tau}-\bar R_m)^2/\sum(R_{ms}-\bar R_m)^2] (12.7)
CAR variance σ2[L2+γ′X∗(X′X)−1X∗′γ]\sigma^2[L_2+\gamma'X^*(X'X)^{-1}X^{*\prime}\gamma] (12.8)
Exact test SCAR∼tL1−2SCAR\sim t_{L_1-2} (12.9)
J1 CAR‾/∑Var⁡^(CARi)/N2\overline{CAR}/\sqrt{\sum\widehat{\operatorname{Var}}(CAR_i)/N^2} (12.10)
Patell ∑SCARi/N(L1−2)/(L1−4)\sum SCAR_i/\sqrt{N(L_1-2)/(L_1-4)} (12.12)
BMP SCAR‾/(sSCAR/N)\overline{SCAR}/(s_{SCAR}/\sqrt N) (12.13), robust to common variance scaling
Clustering Var⁡(AR‾)=σ2N[1+(N−1)ρˉ]\operatorname{Var}(\overline{AR})=\frac{\sigma^2}N[1+(N-1)\bar\rho]
GPR 100 st/sˉ1985−2019100\,s_t/\bar s_{1985-2019} (12.14)
Supply shock Δln⁡P=ϕ/(ϵs+ϵd)\Delta\ln P=\phi/(\epsilon_s+\epsilon_d) (12.21)
Bayes P(s∣n)∝P(n∣s)P(s)P(s\mid n)\propto P(n\mid s)P(s); odds × LR; log-odds add (12.16–12.18)
Decision tree chance = expectation, decision = max (12.19)
EVPI Esmax⁡ax−max⁡aEsx≥0\mathbb E_s\max_ax-\max_a\mathbb E_sx\ge0 (12.20)

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