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The equity premium puzzle and emotional asset pricing
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Technische Universität Braunschweig, Department Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Institut für Finanzwirtschaft
Abstract "Since the equity premium as well as the risk-free rate puzzle question the concepts central to financial and economic modeling, we apply behavioral decision theory to asset pricing in view of solving these puzzles. U.S. stock market data for the period 1960-2003 and German stock market data for the... view more
"Since the equity premium as well as the risk-free rate puzzle question the concepts central to financial and economic modeling, we apply behavioral decision theory to asset pricing in view of solving these puzzles. U.S. stock market data for the period 1960-2003 and German stock market data for the period 1977-2003 show that emotional investors who act in accordance to Bell's (1985) disappointment theory -a special case of prospect theory- and additionally administer mental accounts demand a high equity premium. Furthermore, these investors reason a low risk-free rate. However, Barberis/Huang/Santos (2001) already showed that limited rational investors demand a high equity premium. But as opposed to them, our approach additionally supports dividend smoothing." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
economy; stock exchange; stock market; Federal Republic of Germany; research; empirical research; equity
Classification
Economic Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2004
City
Braunschweig
Page/Pages
28 p.
Series
IF Working Paper Series, FW10V3
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/55238
Status
reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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