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Is low international risk sharing consistent with a high equity premium? A reconciliation of two puzzles

Basu, P; Wada, K.

Authors

K. Wada



Abstract

In an incomplete market setting, we show that a pricing kernel exists, which reconciles the observed smooth real exchange rates with high domestic equity premium and low international risk sharing. The estimation results based on the US–Japanese data provide plausible estimates of the deep parameters.

Citation

Basu, P., & Wada, K. (2006). Is low international risk sharing consistent with a high equity premium? A reconciliation of two puzzles. Economics Letters, 93(3), 436-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2006.06.018

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 1, 2006
Deposit Date Feb 20, 2009
Journal Economics Letters
Print ISSN 0165-1765
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 93
Issue 3
Pages 436-442
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2006.06.018
Keywords Equity premium, International risk sharing, C-D discount factor.
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1554757