Arbeitspapier

Collateral requirements and asset prices

Many assets derive their value not only from future cash flows but also from their ability to serve as collateral. In this paper, we investigate this collateral value and its impact on asset returns in an infinite-horizon general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents facing collateral constraints for borrowing. We document that borrowing against collateral substantially increases the return volatility of long-lived assets. Moreover, otherwise identical assets with different degrees of collateralizability exhibit substantially different return dynamics because their prices contain a sizable collateral premium that varies over time. This premium can be positive even for assets that never pay dividends.

ISBN
978-3-86558-974-3
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Bundesbank Discussion Paper ; No. 44/2013

Classification
Wirtschaft
General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium: Financial Markets
Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
Subject
collateral constraints
collateral premium
endogenous margins
heterogeneous agents
leverage

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Brumm, Johannes
Grill, Michael
Kubler, Felix
Schmedders, Karl
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Deutsche Bundesbank
(where)
Frankfurt a. M.
(when)
2013

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Brumm, Johannes
  • Grill, Michael
  • Kubler, Felix
  • Schmedders, Karl
  • Deutsche Bundesbank

Time of origin

  • 2013

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