Generalized Recovery

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Christian Skov Jensen

Bocconi University

David Lando

Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance

Lasse Heje Pedersen

AQR Capital Management, LLC; Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance; New York University (NYU); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Date Written: November 22, 2018

Abstract

We characterize when physical probabilities, marginal utilities, and the discount rate can be recovered from observed state prices for several future time periods. We make no assumptions of the probability distribution, thus generalizing the time-homogeneous stationary model of Ross (2015). Recovery is feasible when the number of maturities with observable prices is higher than the number of states of the economy (or the number of parameters characterizing the pricing kernel). When recovery is feasible, our model is easy to implement, allowing a closed-form linearized solution. We implement our model empirically, testing the predictive power of the recovered expected return and other recovered statistics.

Keywords: asset pricing theory, financial economics, pricing kernel, risk aversion

JEL Classification: G00, G1, G12, G13, G17

Suggested Citation

Jensen, Christian Skov and Lando, David and Pedersen, Lasse Heje, Generalized Recovery (November 22, 2018). Journal of Financial Economics, 133 (1), 154-174, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2674541 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2674541

Christian Skov Jensen (Contact Author)

Bocconi University ( email )

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David Lando

Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance ( email )

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Copenhagen, Frederiksberg 2000

Lasse Heje Pedersen

AQR Capital Management, LLC ( email )

Greenwich, CT
United States

Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance ( email )

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Frederiksberg, DK-2000
Denmark

New York University (NYU) ( email )

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New York, NY 10012-1126
United States

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) ( email )

London
United Kingdom

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