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Variance Decomposition and Cryptocurrency Return Prediction

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Suzanne S. Lee *
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Minho Wang
DOI:10.1017/S002210902400022Xdelete
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Abstract

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This article examines how realized variances predict cryptocurrency returns in the cross section using intraday data. We find that cryptocurrencies with higher variances exhibit lower returns in subsequent weeks. Decomposing total variances into signed jump and jump-robust variances reveals that the negative predictability is attributable to positive jump and jump-robust variances. The negative pricing effect is more pronounced for smaller cryptocurrencies with lower prices, less liquidity, more retail trading activities, and more positive sentiment. Our results suggest that cryptocurrency markets are unique because retail investors and preferences for lottery-like payoffs play important roles in the partial variance effects.
Keywords:
CROSS-SECTION
STOCK RETURNS
JUMPS
RISK
NOISE
VOLATILITY
EQUILIBRIUM
LOTTERIES
LIQUIDITY

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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis cover
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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university system of georgia
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