Arbeitspapier

Cyclical Asset Returns in the Consumption and Investment Goods Sector

We document the empirical fact that asset prices in the consumption-goods and investment-goods sector behave almost identically in the US economy. In order to derive the cyclical behavior of the equity returns in these two sectors, we consider a standard two-sector real-business cycle model with habit formation and sector-specific adjustment costs of capital. The model is able to replicate the equity premium and the Sharpe values observed empirically. In addition, we are able to match the empirical fact that equity returns in the two sectors are not correlated with output.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4364

Classification
Wirtschaft
Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
Computational Techniques; Simulation Modeling
Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Subject
asset prices
business cycles
equity premium
investment sector
consumption sector

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Heer, Burkhard
Maussner, Alfred
Süssmuth, Bernd
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(where)
Munich
(when)
2013

Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Heer, Burkhard
  • Maussner, Alfred
  • Süssmuth, Bernd
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Time of origin

  • 2013

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