ASSET PRICING

Nicola Borri, Francesco Lippi

Obiettivi formativi

Understanding models of valuation of uncertaint future cash flows (stocks, bonds, currencies, etc.).

Prerequisiti

As determined by the RoME program.

Risultati di apprendimento attesi

Students will be able to navigate to the state-of-the-art asset pricing literature, both empirical and theoretical.

Contenuti Del Corso

This course is divided in two sections. The first section covers the first six weeks and is taught by N. Borri. The following are the main topics addressed in the first section of this class: - A look at financial time series data - Utility based asset pricing - Estimation of factor models. - Habit Models - Models with Hetereogenous Agents - Long-run risk models.

Testi Di Riferimento

Cochrane, Asset Pricing. Papers and notes provided by the instructor.

Metodologie Didattiche

Lectures and assignments with in-class discussion.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

Weekly problem sets and in-class recitations.

Criteri per l’assegnazione dell’elaborato finale

These criteria are set by the Director of the RoME program.

Il syllabus affronta temi collegati alla sostenibilità?

YES

Settimana 1

Introduction and stylized facts.

Settimana 2

1=E(MR): the fundamental equation of asset pricing.

Settimana 3

Contingent assets, risk-adjusted probabilities, and existence theorems.

Settimana 4

Efficient Frontier and Hansen-Jaganathan bounds.

Settimana 5

Habit models.

Settimana 6

Models with long-run risk and heterogenous agent models.

Settimana 7

Francesco Lippi

Settimana 8

Francesco Lippi

Settimana 9

Francesco Lippi

Settimana 10

Francesco Lippi

Settimana 11

Francesco Lippi

Settimana 12

Francesco Lippi