Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/100941 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2002-15
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Abstract: 
We examine the distribution of returns in new industries to determine whether stocks in new industries are similar to lottery tickets. We focus on one characteristic of lottery tickets: negative expected returns. We examine data from the United States on sellers of own-brand personal computers, airlines and airplane manufacturers, automobile manufacturers, railroads, and telegraphs. A relatively small number of companies generate outstanding returns in some industries. We find no evidence of low expected returns. On the contrary, firms in new industries typically have high volatility of individual stocks’ returns and high expected returns relative to indexes for the same periods. None of our evidence suggests that investors reasonably might expect to pay to play when investing in new industries.
Subjects: 
Stocks
Stock - Prices
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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