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November 2014 | Article

Examining Macroeconomic Models Through the Lens of Asset Pricing

Jaroslav Borovička, Lars Peter Hansen

Dynamic stochastic equilibrium models of the macro economy are designed to match the macro time series including impulse response functions. Since these models aim to be structural, they also have implications for asset pricing. To assess these implications, we explore asset pricing counterparts to impulse response functions. We use the resulting dynamic value decomposition (DVD) methods to quantify the exposures of macroeconomic cash flows to shocks over alternative investment horizons and the corresponding prices or compensations that investors must receive because of the exposure to such shocks. We build on the continuous-time methods developed in Hansen and Scheinkman (2010), Borovicka et al. (2011) and Hansen (2011) by constructing discrete-time shock elasticities that measure the sensitivity of cash flows and their prices to economic shocks including economic shocks featured in the empirical macroeconomics literature. By design, our methods are applicable to economic models that are nonlinear, including models with stochastic volatility. We illustrate our methods by analyzing the asset pricing model of Ai et al. (2010) with tangible and intangible capital.

Journal: Journal of Econometrics|Volume: 183|Issue Number: 1|Pages: 67-90|Tags: Financial Market Linkages to the Macroeconomy, Uncertainty and Valuation|Export BibTeX >
@article{borovivckahansen:2014,
  title={Examining Macroeconomic Models Through the Lens of Asset Pricing},
  author={Borovi{v{c}}ka, Jaroslav and Hansen, Lars Peter},
  journal={Journal of Econometrics},
  volume={183},
  number={1},
  pages={67--90},
  year={2014},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}