Empirical asset pricing : models and methods

Introduction to empirical asset pricing -- Stochastic discount factors and yen -- State pricing and m-talk -- Maximization and the m-talk euler equations -- Expected risk premiums and alphas -- So many models, so little time (taxonomy) -- Applications of m-talk -- The three paradigms of empirical asset pricing -- Mean-variance models -- Mean efficiency and the capm -- Mean variance efficiency with conditioning information -- Variance bounds on stochastic discount factors -- Variance bounds with conditioning information -- Multi-beta pricing -- Arbitrage pricing and factor analysis -- Multibeta equilibrium models -- Multibeta models with conditioning information -- Empirical asset pricing tools -- Introduction to the generalized method of moments (GMM) -- Gmm implementation -- GMM covariance matrices -- GMM tests -- Advanced gmm -- GMM examples -- Multivariate regression models -- Cross sectional regression methods -- Introduction to panel methods in finance -- Bootstrap methods and multiple comparisons -- Investment performance evaluation -- Classical investment performance evaluation -- Conditional investment performance evaluation -- Term structure and bond fund performance -- Investment performance evaluation: a modern perspective -- Production-based asset pricing -- The campbell shiller approximation and vector autoregressions -- Long run risk models -- Predictability: an overview -- Characteristics versus covariances -- Volatility and the cross-section of stock returns -- Appendix -- References -- Index