Give Me Strong Moments and Time: Combining GMM and SMM to Estimate the Long-Run Risk Asset Pricing Model

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Joachim Grammig

University of Tübingen

Eva-Maria Küchlin

Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen

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Date Written: August 9, 2016

Abstract

The long-run consumption risk (LRR) model is a popular approach to resolve various asset pricing puzzles, but its econometric analysis is complicated and often relies on simulation-based methods. This study addresses inherent identification problems and offers a solution by proposing a two-step GMM/SMM estimation strategy that exploits the recursive LRR model structure. We motivate macroeconomic and financial moment matches and show possibilities and limits for a successful econometric analysis of the LRR model. A simulation study and an empirical application reveal the estimation quality, in terms of feasibility and precision, that reasonably can be expected.

Keywords: asset pricing, long-run risk, simulation-based estimation

JEL Classification: G10, G12, C58

Suggested Citation

Grammig, Joachim and Küchlin, Eva-Maria, Give Me Strong Moments and Time: Combining GMM and SMM to Estimate the Long-Run Risk Asset Pricing Model (August 9, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2386094 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2386094

Joachim Grammig (Contact Author)

University of Tübingen ( email )

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72074 Tübingen, Baden Wuerttemberg 72074
Germany

Eva-Maria Küchlin

Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen ( email )

Mohlstrasse 36
Tuebingen, 72074
Germany

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