Asset Pricing with Heterogeneous Investors and Portfolio Constraints

36 Pages Posted: 18 Mar 2010 Last revised: 9 Dec 2014

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Georgy Chabakauri

London School of Economics and Political Science; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Date Written: April 1, 2013

Abstract

We study general equilibrium in a Lucas (1978) economy with one consumption good and two investors with heterogeneous risk aversions and beliefs about aggregate consumption growth rate, and portfolio constraints. We provide a comprehensive comparison of various constraints, and show which of them and under what conditions help match the properties of asset prices in the data. We find that borrowing and short-sale constraints decrease stock return volatilities, whereas limited stock market participation constraints can increase volatilities even when investors have identical preferences and beliefs. Moreover, borrowing constraints generate spikes in interest rates and stock return volatilities when the constraint starts to bind. Finally, we find that short-sale constraints have smaller impact on asset prices than borrowing constraints, consistent with the empirical evidence on short-sale bans in the aftermath of 2007-09 financial crisis.

Keywords: asset pricing, dynamic equilibrium, heterogeneous investors, borrowing constraints, short-sale constraints, limited participation constraints, stock return volatility

JEL Classification: D52, G12

Suggested Citation

Chabakauri, Georgy, Asset Pricing with Heterogeneous Investors and Portfolio Constraints (April 1, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1571526 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1571526

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