Author : Mr.José M. Barrionuevo
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1451843186
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (518 download)
Book Synopsis Asset Pricing in the International Economy by : Mr.José M. Barrionuevo
Download or read book Asset Pricing in the International Economy written by Mr.José M. Barrionuevo and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents a statistical and economic interpretation of the low and often economically implausible risk aversion estimates obtained for fixed income assets throughout the finance literature. For a statistical interpretation, Monte Carlo simulations are used to demonstrate that specification errors introduce a serious downward bias in parameter estimates derived from the standard asset pricing model. For an economic interpretation, an international version of the asset pricing model is presented. The model suggests that by reducing the effect of country specific disturbances, an international measure of consumption growth yields more accurate risk aversion estimates than a national measure. The results of asset pricing tests suggest that risk aversion estimates derived from models constructed for the international measures are economically plausible and close to each other across eight industrialized economies. These results are robust for several asset returns.