Chabakauri, Georgy (2015) Dynamic equilibrium with rare events and heterogeneous epstein-zin investors. SRC Discussion Paper, No 35. Systematic Risk Centre, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
We consider a general equilibrium Lucas (1978) economy with one consumption good and two heterogeneous Epstein-Zin investors. The output is subject to rare large drops or, more generally, can have non-lognormal distribution with higher cumulants. The heterogeneity in preferences generates excess stock return volatilities, procyclical price-dividend ratios and interest rates, and countercyclical market prices of risk when the elasticity of intertemporal substitution (EIS) is greater than one. Moreover, the latter results cannot be jointly replicated in a model where investors have EIS ≤ 1 or CRRA preferences. We propose new approach for deriving equilibrium, and extend the analysis to the case of heterogeneous beliefs about probabilities of rare events.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.systemicrisk.ac.uk |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | D - Microeconomics > D5 - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium > D53 - Financial Markets G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G11 - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G12 - Asset Pricing; Trading volume; Bond Interest Rates |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Systemic Risk Centre |
| Identification Number: | No 35 |
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Projects: | ES/K002309/1 |
| Date Deposited: | 19 May 2015 11:01 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/62003/ |
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