We estimate a discrete approximation of the risk-return trade-off for the US market by using the whole universe of stocks from July 1963 to September 2017. We find the relationship between return and risk to be time-varying and also dependent on the level of risk considered. The proposed...

We compare and contrast extensions of the classical rational model of commodity pricing due to Pindyck (1993), on the occasion of the 30-year anniversary of this seminal article. The extensions we consider admit time-varying discount rates, investors' heterogeneity or both. Heterogeneous...