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The equity premium puzzle and decreasing relative risk aversion

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Maurice J. Roche

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Agents are assumed to have a power risk aversion utility function in an otherwise standard asset-pricing model. When these preferences display decreasing relative risk aversion they are capable of eliminating one version of the equity premium and risk free rate puzzles.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal Applied Financial Economics Letters.

Volume (Year): 2 (2006)
Issue (Month): 3 (May)
Pages: 179-182
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  1. Joseph G. Eisenhauer & Luigi Ventura, 2003. "Survey measures of risk aversion and prudence," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 35(13), pages 1477-1484, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Mehra, Rajnish & Prescott, Edward C., 1985. "The equity premium: A puzzle," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 15(2), pages 145-161, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Stuart Hyde & Mohamed Sherif, 2005. "Don’t break the habit: structural stability tests of consumption asset pricing models in the UK," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 12(5), pages 289-296, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Rajnish Mehra & Edward C. Prescott, 2003. "The Equity Premium in Retrospect," NBER Working Papers 9525, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Meyer, Donald J. & Meyer, Jack, 2005. "Risk preferences in multi-period consumption models, the equity premium puzzle, and habit formation utility," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(8), pages 1497-1515, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Denis Conniffe, 2007. "Generalised Means of Simple Utility Functions with Risk Aversion," Economics, Finance and Accounting Department Working Paper Series n1790907.pdf, Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting, National University of Ireland - Maynooth. [Downloadable!]
  2. Conniffe, Denis, 2008. "Generalised Means of Simple Utility Functions with Risk Aversion," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 39(1), pages 1-12. [Downloadable!]
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