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In Full-Information Estimates, Long-Run Risks Explain at Most a Quarter of P/D Variance, and Habit Explains Even Less

Andrew Y. Chen, Federal Reserve Board, USA, andrew.y.chen@frb.gov , Fabian Winkler, Federal Reserve Board, USA, fabian.winkler@frb.gov , Rebecca Wasyk, Federal Reserve Board, USA, rebecca.d.wasyk@frb.gov
 
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Andrew Y. Chen, Fabian Winkler and Rebecca Wasyk (2021), "In Full-Information Estimates, Long-Run Risks Explain at Most a Quarter of P/D Variance, and Habit Explains Even Less", Critical Finance Review: Vol. 10: No. 3, pp 329-381. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/104.00000092

Publication Date: 02 Aug 2021
© 2021 Andrew Y. Chen, Fabian Winkler and Rebecca Wasyk
 
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G10G12E21E30E44C11C15
Long run risksRare disastersHabitBayesian estimationParticle filterTime-varying beliefsTime-varying preferencesExcess volatility
 

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In this article:
1. Introduction 
2. Model, Estimation, and Parameter Estimates 
3. Estimation Diagnostics 
4. Results: Price-Dividend Ratio Decompositions 
5. Alternative Full-Information Decompositions 
6. Conclusion 
A. Appendix 
References 

Abstract

Many consumption-based models succeed in matching long lists of asset price moments. We propose an alternative, full-information Bayesian evaluation that decomposes the price-dividend ratio (p/d) into contributions from long-run risks, habit, and a residual. We find that long-run risks account for less than 25% of the variance of p/d and that habit’s contribution is negligible. This result is robust to the prior, including priors that assume long-run risks in consumption and highly persistent habit. However, the residual mostly tracks decades-long movements in p/d. At business cycle frequency, long-run risks explain about 70% of the movements of p/d while habit’s contribution stays negligible.

DOI:10.1561/104.00000092