The Effect of Estimation Risk on Capital Market Equilibrium

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Year: 1979
Volume: 14
Issue: 2
Pages: 215-220

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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

Abstract

The solution to the problem of portfolio choice is relevant in a positive financial economics context because it provides models of individual maximizing behavior which when aggregated to the level of the market provide models of equilibrium asset pricing. These models generally assume that the parameters of the probability distribution of security returns are known to individual investors. In practice, however, the individual has to estimate these parameters. To the extent that there is parameter uncertainty or “estimation risk”, what are the observable implications of a market equilibrium derived on the assumption that the information set of all investors is equivalent to a given set of sample data?

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:cup:jfinqa:v:14:y:1979:i:02:p:215-220_00
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-24