| Authors |
Kalyvitis, S. and Panopoulou, E. |
| Title |
Estimating C-CAPM and the Equity Premium over the Frequency Domain |
| Abstract |
In this paper we estimate the single-factor Consumption Capital Asset Pricing Model (C-CAPM) over the frequency domain. We modify the standard two-step methodology (Fama and French, 1992) to account for the spectral properties of consumption risk and we find that its lower frequencies explain up to 98% of the cross-sectional variation of expected returns and that the equity premium puzzle is eliminated. These results are robust to the definitions of the variables, the sample span and the set of portfolios utilized, and the maturity of interest rates. |
| Creation Date |
2012-06-28 |
| Publication Status |
Forthcoming in Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics |
| Keywords |
C-CAPM, consumption risk, frequency domain, equity premium |
| Classification JEL |
G11, G12, C13 |
| File |
Kalyvitis_Panopoulou_SNLDE.pdf (389957 bytes) |
| File-Function |
First version |
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