Asset Pricing with Return Extrapolation

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Lawrence J. Jin

SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Pengfei Sui

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Date Written: July 14, 2021

Abstract

We present a new model of asset prices in which a representative agent has extrapolative beliefs about stock market returns and Epstein-Zin preferences. The model quantitatively explains facts about asset prices, return expectations, and cash-flow expectations. When the agent's beliefs about stock market returns are calibrated to survey expectations of investors, the model generates excess volatility and predictability of stock market returns, a high equity premium, a low and stable risk-free rate, and a low correlation between stock market returns and consumption growth. Moreover, the model has implications for expectations about future cash flows that are consistent with empirical findings.

Keywords: expectations, extrapolation, asset prices

JEL Classification: G02, G12

Suggested Citation

Jin, Lawrence J. and Sui, Pengfei, Asset Pricing with Return Extrapolation (July 14, 2021). Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3045658 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3045658

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