Název:
Asset prices and business cycles with liquidity shocks
Autoři:
Nezafat, M. ; Slavík, Ctirad Typ dokumentu: Výzkumné zprávy
Rok:
2021
Jazyk:
eng
Edice: CERGE-EI Working Paper Series, svazek: 711
Abstrakt: We develop a production based asset pricing model with financially constrained firms to explain the observed high equity premium and low risk-free rate volatility. Investment opportunities are scarce and firms face productivity and liquidity shocks. A negative liquidity shock forces firms to liquidate a fraction of their assets. We calibrate the model to U.S. data and find that it generates an equity premium and a level and volatility of risk-free rate comparable to those observed in the data. The model also fits key aspects of the behavior of aggregate quantities, in particular, the volatility of aggregate consumption and investment.
Klíčová slova:
business cycles; general equilibrium; production based asset pricing