IRISKtidiosyncratic risk - the standard deviation of the residual (multiplied by 10) from regressing the daily stock return (ret) on the CRSP value-weighted return (vwretd) for the one-year period from the beginning of the fourth month of fiscal year t until the end of the third month of year t+1.
IRISKt3idiosyncratic risk - the standard deviation of the residual (multiplied by 10) from regressing the daily stock return (ret) on the CRSP value-weighted return (vwretd) for the three-year period from the beginning of the fourth month of fiscal year t-2 until the end of the third month of year t+1.
IRISKt5idiosyncratic risk - the standard deviation of the residual (multiplied by 10) from regressing the daily stock return (ret) on the CRSP value-weighted return (vwretd) for the five-year period from the beginning of the fourth month of fiscal year t-4 until the end of the third month of year t+1.
CEtthe market value of common equity at the end of year t (csho*prcc_f).
CLtcurrent liabilities at the end of year t (lct).
NCLtnoncurrent liabilities at the end of year t (ltlctmib).
TOLttotal operating liabilities at the end of year t (lt – dlc – dltt – dclo – mib).
TFLttotal financial liabilities at the end of year t (dlc + dltt + dclo).
COLtcurrent operating liabilities at the end of year t (lct – dlc).
NCOLtnoncurrent operating liabilities at the end of year t (TOLt– COLt).
STDtcurrent financial liabilities (short-term debt) at the end of year t (dlc). STD includes short-term notes payable and the current portion of long-term debt.
NCFLtnoncurrent financial liabilities at the end of year t (dltt + dclo).
COLxtcurrent operating liabilities (excluding taxes payable) at the end of year t (lct-txp-dlc). COLx includes accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other current liabilities (current portion of deferred taxes, unearned revenue, unearned premiums, acceptances outstanding, and loans payable on derivatives), according to Compustat.
IPtincome taxes payable at end of year t (txp).
DTXtdeferred tax liability at the end of year t (txdb).
ONCLtother noncurrent liabilities at the end of year t (lt – lct – dltt –dclotxdb – mib). It consists of pension liabilities, contingent liabilities, accounts payable due after one year, assigned accounts receivable, customer deposits, negative goodwill, reserves, foreign exchange losses, facility realignment and relocation, reserves for self-insurance, and investment tax credits, according to Compustat.
LTDtlong-term debt at the end of year t (dltt).
CapLtcapital leases at the end of year t (dclo).
TLttotal liabilities at the end of year t (lt-mib)
PStpreferred stock at the end of year t (pstk).
PSRtredeemable preferred stock at the end of year t (pstkr).
PSNRtnonredeemable preferred stock at the end of t (pstkn).
PSCtconvertible preferred stock at the end of year t (pstkc).
PSNCtnon-convertible preferred stock at the end of year t (pstk – pstkc).
STD_ROAtThe standard deviation of ROA for years t, t-1, and t-2. ROA is equal to net income before interest and income taxes (oiadp) scaled by total assets.
BID_ASKtThe bid-ask spread equal to (Aski,t – Bidi,t)/Mi,t; where Aski,t is the ask price of stock i on day t, Bidi,t is the bid price of stock i on day t, and Mi,t is the mean of Aski,t and Bidi,t. We use the bid-ask spread three months after the fiscal year ends, consistent with the return window for computing idiosyncratic risk.
IND_DUMMIESdummy variables based on Fama and French (1997) 48 industries.
SIZE_DUMMIESdummy variables based on size deciles using break-points from the market value of NYSE stocks on the 1st trading date of July in each year.
BM_DUMMIESdummy variables based on book-to-market ratio deciles. Each firm-year’s book-to-market ratio is calculated as the calendar year-end market value divided by the fiscal year-end book equity value.
YEAR_DUMMIESdummy variables based on calendar year.
ALTMANtAltman (1968) bankruptcy prediction z-score for year t, computed as: 1.2X1+ 1.4X2+ 3.3X3+ 0.6X4+ 0.999X5; where X1 = working capital (act-lct)/total assets (at), X2 = retained earnings (re)/total assets, X3 = earnings before interest and tax (ebit)/total assets, X4= market value of equity (csho*prcc_f + pstk)/total liabilities (lt), and X5= sales (sale)/total assets.

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