David K. Backus

NYU Stern School of Business (deceased)

Heinz Riehl Professor of Finance and Economics (deceased)

44 West Fourth Street

New York, NY 10012

United States

http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~dbackus/

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

NBER (deceased)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~dbackus/

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Scholarly Papers (32)

1.

Accounting for Biases in Black-Scholes

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 03 Sep 2004
David K. Backus, Silverio Foresi and Liuren Wu
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and City University of New York, Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business - Department of Economics and Finance
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Currency options, skewness and kurtosis, Gram-Charlier expansions, implied volatility

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Monetary Policy and the Uncovered Interest Rate Parity Puzzle

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 06 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2013
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), BI - Norwegian Business School, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and New York University (NYU)
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Uncovered interest parity, carry trade, exchange rates, Taylor rule

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Discrete-Time Models of Bond Pricing

NBER Working Paper No. w6736
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Oct 1998 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
David K. Backus, Silverio Foresi and Chris Telmer
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
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Recursive Preferences

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/26114
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
David K. Backus, Bryan Routledge and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and New York University (NYU)
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time preference, risk, uncertainty, ambiguity, robust control, temptation, dynamic consistency, hyperbolic discounting, precautionary saving, equity premium, risk sharing

Recursive Preferences

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Dec 2005
David K. Backus
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased)
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time preference, risk, uncertainty, ambiguity, robust control, temptation, dynamic consistency, hyperbolic discounting, precautionary saving, equity premium, risk sharing

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Exotic Preferences for Macroeconomists

NBER Working Paper No. w10597
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 08 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2022
David K. Backus, Bryan Routledge and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University
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Exotic Preferences for Macroeconomists

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/26134
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
David K. Backus, Bryan Routledge and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University
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time preference, risk, uncertainty, ambiguity, robust control, temptation, dynamic consistency, hyperbolic discounting, precautionary saving, equity premium, risk sharing

Exotic Preferences for Macroeconomists

NYU Working Paper No. S-MF-04-13
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 07 Nov 2008
David K. Backus, Bryan Routledge and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and New York University (NYU)
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time preference, risk, uncertainty, ambiguity, robust control, temptation, dynamic consistency, hyperbolic discounting, precautionary saving, equity premium, risk sharing

Exotic Preferences for Macroeconomists

NYU Stern Working Paper No. EC-04-20
Posted: 12 Sep 2004
David K. Backus
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased)

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Time preference, risk, uncertainty, ambiguity, robust control, temptation, dynamic consistency

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Cracking the Conundrum

FEDS Working Paper No. 2007-46
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 Nov 2007
David K. Backus and Jonathan H. Wright
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased) and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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Yield curve, forward rates, volatility, term premium, affine models, monetary policy

Cracking the Conundrum

NBER Working Paper No. w13419
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2022
David K. Backus and Jonathan H. Wright
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased) and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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Cracking the Conundrum

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/26052
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
David K. Backus and Jonathan H. Wright
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased) and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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yield curve, forward rates, volatility, term premium, affine models, monetary policy

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International Business Cycles: Theory and Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w4493
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2022
David K. Backus, Patrick J. Kehoe and Finn Kydland
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - Research Department and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
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Taxes and the Global Allocation of Capital

NBER Working Paper No. w13624
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2022
David K. Backus, Espen Henriksen and Kjetil Storesletten
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Department of Financial Economics, BI Norwegian Business School and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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Taxes and the Global Allocation of Capital

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/26061
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
David K. Backus, Espen Henriksen and Kjetil Storeletten
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Department of Financial Economics, BI Norwegian Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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capital, taxes, capital-output ratio, international capital flows

Arbitrage Opportunities in Arbitrage-Free Models of Bond Pricing

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-94-005
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Nov 2008
David K. Backus, Silverio Foresi and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and New York University (NYU)
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bond prices and yields, forward rates, time-dependent drift and volatility, options

Arbitrage Opportunities in Arbitrage-Free Models of Bond Pricing

NBER Working Paper No. w5638
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
David K. Backus, Silverio Foresi and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and Carnegie Mellon University
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Term Structures of Asset Prices and Returns

FRB of NY Staff Report No. 774
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2017
David K. Backus, Nina Boyarchenko and Mikhail Chernov
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York and UCLA Anderson
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entropy, coentropy, term structure, yields, excess returns

Term Structures of Asset Prices and Returns

NBER Working Paper No. w22162
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 11 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2023
David K. Backus, Nina Boyarchenko and Mikhail Chernov
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York and UCLA Anderson
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Term Structures of Asset Prices and Returns

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11227
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Apr 2016
David K. Backus, Nina Boyarchenko and Mikhail Chernov
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York and UCLA Anderson
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entropy; coentropy; term structure; yields; excess returns

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Reverse Engineering the Yield Curve

NBER Working Paper No. w4676
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 12 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2022
David K. Backus and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased) and Carnegie Mellon University
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Reverse Engineering the Yield Curve

Posted: 14 Sep 1999
David K. Backus and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased) and Carnegie Mellon University

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Oil Prices and the Terms of Trade

NBER Working Paper No. w6697
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
David K. Backus and Mario J. Crucini
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased) and Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics
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Dynamics of the Trade Balance and the Terms of Trade: the S-Curve

NBER Working Paper No. w4242
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Feb 2004 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2022
David K. Backus, Patrick J. Kehoe and Finn Kydland
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - Research Department and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
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Arbitrage Opportunities in Arbitrage-Free Models of Bond Pricing

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-96-008
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Nov 2008
David K. Backus, Silverio Foresi and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and Carnegie Mellon University
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bond yields, options, fixed income derivatives, pricing kernels, state contingent claims, time-dependent drift volatility

The Forward Premium Anomaly: Three Examples in Search of a Solution

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-94-006
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Nov 2008
David K. Backus, Silverio Foresi and Chris Telmer
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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forward and spot exchange rates, risk premium, pricing kernels, bond pricing

The Forward Premium Anomaly: Three Examples in Search of a Solution

Posted: 22 Aug 1998
David K. Backus, Silverio Foresi and Chris Telmer
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business

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Sources of Entropy in Representative Agent Models

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/29940
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 13 Jul 2011
David K. Backus, Mikhail Chernov and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), UCLA Anderson and New York University (NYU)
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pricing kernel, asset returns, bond yields, recursive preferences, habits, jumps, disasters

Sources of Entropy in Representative Agent Models

NBER Working Paper No. w17219
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 16 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023
David K. Backus, Mikhail Chernov and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), UCLA Anderson and New York University (NYU)
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Sources of Entropy in Representative Agent Models

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8488
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Jul 2011
David K. Backus, Mikhail Chernov and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), UCLA Anderson and Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics
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asset returns, bond yields, disasters, habits, jumps, pricing kernel, recursive preferences

Identifying Taylor Rules in Macro-Finance Models

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/31978
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Aug 2013
David K. Backus, Mikhail Chernov and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), UCLA Anderson and Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics
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forward-looking models; information sets;, monetary policy; exponential-affine models

Identifying Taylor Rules in Macro-Finance Models

NBER Working Paper No. w19360
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 27 May 2023
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), UCLA Anderson, New York University (NYU) and HEC Paris
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Monetary Policy Risk: Rules vs. Discretion

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9611
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 03 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2021
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), UCLA Anderson, Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics and HEC Paris
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Affine Models of Currency Pricing

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-96-009
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Nov 2008
David K. Backus, Silverio Foresi and Chris Telmer
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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forward and spot exchange rates, risk premiums, pricing kernels

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Risk and Ambiguity in Models of Business Cycles

NBER Working Paper No. w20319
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2023
David K. Backus, Axelle Ferriere and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), European University Institute and New York University (NYU)
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Current Account Fact and Fiction

NBER Working Paper No. w15525
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 24 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2023
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Department of Financial Economics, BI Norwegian Business School, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
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Predictable Changes in Yields and Forward Rates

NBER Working Paper No. w6379
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2022
David K. Backus, Liuren Wu, Silverio Foresi and Abon Mozumdar
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), City University of New York, Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business - Department of Economics and Finance, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Department of Finance
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Affine Models of Currency Pricing

NBER Working Paper No. w5623
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 28 Apr 1998 Last Revised: 15 May 2022
David K. Backus, Silverio Foresi and Chris Telmer
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business
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Macroeconomic Foundations of Higher Moments in Bond Yields

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-96-010
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Nov 2008
David K. Backus, Silverio Foresi and Liuren Wu
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. - Quantitative Strategy Group and City University of New York, Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business - Department of Economics and Finance
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term structure, skewness and kurtosis, multi-factors affine models, pricing kernels, consumption growth, inflation

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Monetary Policy and the Uncovered Interest Parity Puzzle

NBER Working Paper No. w16218
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 26 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2023
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), BI - Norwegian Business School, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and New York University (NYU)
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Long-Memory Inflation Uncertainty: Evidence from the Term Structure of Interest Rates

NBER Working Paper No. t0133
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 15 May 2022
David K. Backus and Stanley E. Zin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased) and Carnegie Mellon University
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Relative Price Movements in Dynamic General Equilibrium Models of International Trade

NBER Working Paper No. w4243
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2022
David K. Backus, Finn Kydland and Patrick J. Kehoe
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - Research Department
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Disasters Implied by Equity Index Options

NBER Working Paper No. w15240
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2023
David K. Backus, Mikhail Chernov and Ian Martin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), UCLA Anderson and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Finance
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Disasters Implied by Equity Index Options

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7416
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Sep 2009
David K. Backus, Mikhail Chernov and Ian Martin
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), UCLA Anderson and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Finance
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cumulants, entropy, equity premium, implied volatility, pricing kernel, risk-neutral probabilities

The Japanese Trade Balance: Recent History and Future Prospects

NBER Working Paper No. w4553
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Aug 2007
David K. Backus
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased)
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The Japanese Trade Balance: Recent History and Future Prospects

Posted: 11 May 2000
David K. Backus
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased)

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Demography and Low Frequency Capital Flows

NBER Working Paper No. w19465
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2023
David K. Backus, Thomas F. Cooley and Espen Henriksen
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and Department of Financial Economics, BI Norwegian Business School
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Monetary Policy Risk: Rules vs. Discretion

NBER Working Paper No. w28983
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 05 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2023
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), UCLA Anderson, New York University (NYU) and HEC Paris
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Pareto Weights as Wedges in Two-Country Models

NBER Working Paper No. w21773
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 07 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2023
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, European University Institute and New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
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Derivatives at Banc One (1994)

Posted: 27 Jun 1998
David K. Backus, Leora F. Klapper and Chris Telmer
NYU Stern School of Business (deceased), World Bank and Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business

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