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Modeling Asset Returns: A Comparison of Theoretical and Empirical Models

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  • Schröder, Michael
  • Lüders, Erik

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This paper presents and compares several time-series models for returns of broadbased stock indices. These models nest a nonlinear asymmetric GARCH (NGARCH) model as a special case. Some of these models are empirically motivated ad-hoc specifications others are derived from a representative investor economy with HARA-utility and some are behavioral, i.e. are based on recent findings in behavioral finance. To compare these models we use the inflation adjusted MSCI total return indices of 5 large economies, USA, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan. The empirical results show that although the pure NGARCH model performs well, the estimation for the German stock index could be significantly improved by an extension which follows from the representative investor model with HARA-utility.

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  • Schröder, Michael & Lüders, Erik, 2004. "Modeling Asset Returns: A Comparison of Theoretical and Empirical Models," ZEW Discussion Papers 04-19 [rev.], ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
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    Keywords

    asset pricing; HARA-utility function; behavioral finance; NGARCH-in-mean;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes

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