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Asset Pricing Lessons for Modeling Business Cycles

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Boldrin, M.
Christiano, L.J.
Fischer, J.D.M.

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We develop a model which accounts for the observed equity premium and average risk free rate, without implying counterfactually high risk aversion. The model also does well in accounting for business cycle phenomena.

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Paper provided by Banca Italia - Servizio di Studi in its series Papers with number 268.

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Date of creation: 1996
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Keywords: BUSINESS CYCLES STOCK MARKET RISK INFORMATION MODELS

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E30 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles

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