• Title of article

    Inequality riskpremia

  • Author/Authors

    Timothy C.Johnson، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
  • Pages
    16
  • From page
    565
  • To page
    580
  • Abstract
    Usingalongtime-seriesofU.S.incomeinequality,Ifindthatthemarketpayshigher pricesforassetsthathedgeagainstincreasedinequality.Thisisconsistentwiththe predictionofanincomplete-marketsmodelincorporatingpreferencesoverboth comparativeandnoncomparativeconsumption‘‘goods’’whentheweightontheformer is large.Themodelimpliesthatthetime-seriespropertiesofthepremiumcanbeused to identifythesubstitutabilityofthesetwosourcesofutility.Thereisevidencethatthe magnitudeofthe(negative)inequalityriskpremiumiscountercyclical,suggestingthat agentscaremoreaboutstatuswhentheyareworseoff
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Serial Year
    2012
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Record number

    846543