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We analyze the link between pessimism and risk-aversion. We consider a model of partially revealing, competitive rational expectations equilibrium with diverse information, in which the distribution of risk-aversion across individuals is unknown. We show that when a high individual level of...
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Les enjeux macroéconomiques de la transmission des chocs monétaires via le canal étroit du crédit son nombreux. Ce sujet est amplement abordé dans la littérature d’un point de vue agrégé et empirique. Cependant, les prédictions testées reposent sur des spécifications théoriques...
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In this paper, we characterize subjective probability beliefs leading to a higher equilibrium market price of risk. We establish that Abel's result on the impact of doubt on the risk premium is not correct in general; see Abel [2002. An exploration of the effects of pessimism and doubt on asset...
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Cet article se propose d’étudier l’influence de l’âge sur la composition des patrimoines, notamment sur la détention d’actifs risqués. En effet, une hypothèse souvent avancée est que, plus l’horizon de vie se raccourcit, plus la détention d’actifs risqués devrait se réduire....
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The aim of the paper is to analyze the impact of heterogeneous beliefs in an otherwise standard competitive complete market economy. The construction of a consensus probability belief, as well as a consensus consumer, are shown to be valid modulo an aggregation bias, which takes the form of a...
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