Risks for the long run: Estimation with time aggregation

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Monetary Economics
Year: 2016
Volume: 82
Issue: C
Pages: 52-69

Authors (3)

Bansal, Ravi (Duke University) Kiku, Dana (not in RePEc) Yaron, Amir (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.341 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

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

Abstract

The discrepancy between the decision and data-sampling intervals, known as time aggregation, confounds the identification of long-, short-run growth, and volatility risks in asset prices. This paper develops a method to simultaneously estimate the model parameters and the decision interval of the agent by exploiting identifying restrictions of the Long Run Risk (LRR) model that account for time aggregation. The LRR model finds considerable empirical support in the data; the estimated decision interval of the agents is 33 days. Our estimation results establish that long-run growth and volatility risks are important for asset prices.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:moneco:v:82:y:2016:i:c:p:52-69
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24