Innovation, Growth, and Asset Prices

50 Pages Posted: 21 Mar 2011 Last revised: 12 Jun 2014

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Howard Kung

London Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Lukas Schmid

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

Date Written: September 2013

Abstract

We examine the asset pricing implications of a production economy whose long-term growth prospects are endogenously determined by innovation and R&D. In equilibrium, Rh&D endogenously drives a small, persistent component in productivity which generates long-run uncertainty about economic growth. With recursive preferences, households fear that persistent downturns in economic growth are accompanied by low asset valuations and command high risk premia in asset markets. Empirically, we find substantial evidence for innovation-driven low-frequency movements in aggregate growth rates and asset market valuations. In short, equilibrium growth is risky.

Keywords: Endogenous growth, asset pricing, innovation, R&D, productivity, recursive preferences

Suggested Citation

Kung, Howard and Schmid, Lukas, Innovation, Growth, and Asset Prices (September 2013). AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1787741 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1787741

Howard Kung

London Business School ( email )

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) ( email )

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Lukas Schmid (Contact Author)

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business ( email )

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Los Angeles, CA California 90089-1424
United States

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