Instability of Financial Markets and Preference Heterogeneity
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-27, 27 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-06-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
27
Main Subjects
Economics & Business Administration
Business Administration
Abstract EN
This paper presents a simple rational expectations model of intertemporal asset pricing relating instability of stock return characteristics to heterogeneity in investor preferences.
Heterogeneity is likely to generate declining aggregate relative risk aversion.
This leads to variability in expected asset returns, volatility, and autocorrelation.
The stronger this variability is, the more heterogeneous preferences are, implying more instability of financial markets.
Stock market crashes may be observed if relative risk aversion differs strongly across investors.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Franke, Günter& Lüders, Erik. 2010. Instability of Financial Markets and Preference Heterogeneity. Advances in Decision Sciences،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-27.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-498358
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Franke, Günter& Lüders, Erik. Instability of Financial Markets and Preference Heterogeneity. Advances in Decision Sciences No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-27.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-498358
American Medical Association (AMA)
Franke, Günter& Lüders, Erik. Instability of Financial Markets and Preference Heterogeneity. Advances in Decision Sciences. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-27.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-498358
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-498358