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Working Paper 2000-031C

"Limited Stock Market Participation and Asset Prices in a Dynamic Economy"
by Hui Guo

We present a consumption-based model that explains the equity premium puzzle through two channels. First, because of borrowing constraints, the shareholder cannot completely diversify his income risk and requires a sizable risk premium on stocks. Second, because of limited stock market participation, the precautionary saving demand lowers the risk-free rate but not stock return and generates a substantial liquidity premium. Our model also replicates many other salient features of the data, including the first two moments of the risk-free rate, excess stock volatility, stock return predictability, and the unstable relation between stock volatility and the dividend yield.

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Author > Hui Guo
Research Papers and Publications: JEL Code > C68
Research Papers and Publications: JEL Code > E21