Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/222986 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CFR Working Paper No. 14-06
Version Description: 
May 15, 2020
Publisher: 
University of Cologne, Centre for Financial Research (CFR), Cologne
Abstract: 
We propose a simulation-based strategy to estimate and empirically assess a class of asset pricing models that account for rare but severe consumption contractions that can extend over multiple periods. Our approach expands the scope of prevalent calibration studies and tackles the inherent sample selection problem associated with measuring the effect of rare disaster risk on asset prices. An analysis based on postwar U.S. and historical multi-country panel data yields estimates of investor preference parameters that are economically plausible and robust with respect to alternative specifications. The estimated model withstands tests of validity; the model-implied key financial indicators and timing premium all have reasonable magnitudes. These findings suggest that the rare disaster hypothesis can help restore the nexus between the real economy and financial markets when allowing for multi-period disaster events. Our methodological contribution is a new econometric framework for empirical asset pricing with rare disaster risk.
Subjects: 
empirical asset pricing
multi-period disasters
simulationbased estimation
JEL: 
C58
G12
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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