Asset Pricing with Concentrated Ownership of Capital and Distribution Shocks

A-Tier
Journal: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
Year: 2015
Volume: 7
Issue: 4
Pages: 67-103

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper develops a production-based asset pricing model with two types of agents and concentrated ownership of physical capital. A temporary but persistent "distribution shock" causes the income share of capital owners to fluctuate in a procyclical manner, consistent with US data. The concentrated ownership model significantly magnifies the equity risk premium relative to a representative-agent model because the capital owners' consumption is more-strongly linked to volatile dividends from equity. With a steady-state risk aversion coefficient around 4, the model delivers an unleveled equity premium of 3.9 percent relative to short-term bonds and a premium of 1.2 percent relative to long-term bonds. (JEL D31, E13, E25, E32, E44, G12)

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aejmac:v:7:y:2015:i:4:p:67-103
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25