A New Solution to the Equity Premium Puzzle and the Risk-Free Rate Puzzle: Theory and Evidence
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Keywords
equity premium puzzle; risk-free rate puzzle; uncertainty; Euler equation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
- G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
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- NEP-UPT-2014-09-08 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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