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The identification of beliefs from asset demand

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  • Kubler, Felix

    (IBF, University of Zurich and Swiss Finance Institute)

  • Polemarchakis, Herakles

    (Department of Economics, University of Warwick)

Abstract

The demand for assets as prices and initial wealth vary identifies beliefs and attitudes towards risk. We derive conditions that guarantee identification with no knowledge either of the cardinal utility index or of the distribution of future endowments or payoffs of assets ; the argument applies even if the asset market is incomplete and demand is observed only locally.

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  • Kubler, Felix & Polemarchakis, Herakles, 2015. "The identification of beliefs from asset demand," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1087, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    asset prices ; beliefs ; attitudes towards risk;
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    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)

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