Intrinsic bubbles and asset price volatility (*)

B-Tier
Journal: Economic Theory
Year: 1997
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Pages: 499-510

Authors (2)

Score contribution per author:

1.009 = (α=2.02 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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Abstract

Under what conditions is the price of a bubbly asset more (less) volatile than the asset's market fundamental? The answer depends on agents' attitudes towards risk. If higher current consumption makes agents more (less) risk averse in the future, then the bubbly asset price fluctuates less (more) than the fundamental. This result shows that the interaction between intrinsic bubbles and asset fundamentals critically depends on a feature of the utility function that does not appear in standard models with time-separable utility.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:spr:joecth:v:9:y:1997:i:3:p:499-510
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25