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Asset pricing with limited risk sharing and heterogeneous agents

Gomes, Francisco and Michaelides, Alexander (2007) Asset pricing with limited risk sharing and heterogeneous agents. . Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London, UK.

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Abstract

We solve a model with incomplete markets and heterogeneous agents that generates a large equity premium, while simultaneously matching stock market participation and individual asset holdings. The high risk premium is driven by incomplete risk sharing among stockholders, which results from the combination of aggregate uncertainty, borrowing constraints and a (realistically) calibrated life-cycle earnings profile subject to idiosyncratic shocks. We show that it is challenging to simultaneously match asset pricing moments and individual portfolio decisions, while limited participation has a negligible impact on the risk premium, contrary to the results of models where it is imposed exogenously.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL: http://www.cepr.org
Additional Information: © 2007 Francisco J Gomes and Alexander Michaelides
Divisions: Financial Markets Group
Economics
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HG Finance
JEL classification: G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G12 - Asset Pricing; Trading volume; Bond Interest Rates
G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G11 - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
Date Deposited: 04 Jun 2008 15:52
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 20:05
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/5360

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