Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/100268 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
CFR Working Paper No. 14-05
Publisher: 
University of Cologne, Centre for Financial Research (CFR), Cologne
Abstract: 
The long-run consumption risk (LRR) model is a promising approach to resolve prominent asset pricing puzzles. The simulated method of moments (SMM) provides a natural framework to estimate its deep parameters, but caveats concern model solubility and weak identification. We propose a twostep estimation strategy that combines GMM and SMM, and for which we elicit informative macroeconomic and financial moment matches from the LRR model structure. In particular, we exploit the persistent serial correlation of consumption and dividend growth and the equilibrium conditions for market return and risk-free rate, as well as the model-implied predictability of the risk-free rate. We match analytical moments when possible and simulated moments when necessary and determine the crucial factors required for both identification and reasonable estimation precision. A simulation studyhe first in the context of long-run risk modelingelineates the pitfalls associated with SMM estimation of a non-linear dynamic asset pricing model. Our study provides a blueprint for successful estimation of the LRR model.
Subjects: 
asset pricing
long-run risk
simulated method of moments
JEL: 
C58
G10
G12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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