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Money-metric valuation of assets

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  • Sudhir A. Shah

    (Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics)

Abstract

We propose an asset’s money-metric value as the appropriate representation of its subjective value to an investor. This value is expressed in monetary terms and is invariant across equivalent utility representations of the investor’s preference. The ordering of money-metric values across assets matches the investor’s preference ordering over the assets.The money-metric value of a risky asset is inversely related to the investor’s risk aversion, while the money-metric value of a risk-free asset is uniform across preferences with comparable risk-aversion. Finally, an asset’s arbitrage-free market price is the sum of its money-metric value and the investor’s willingness-to-pay for fully de-risking the asset. JEL Code: G11, G12

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  • Sudhir A. Shah, 2024. "Money-metric valuation of assets," Working papers 347, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:cde:cdewps:347
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    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates

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