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The exact distribution of the Hansen-Jagannathan bound

Under the assumption of multivariate normality of asset returns, this paper presents a geometrical interpretation and the finite-sample distributions of the sample Hansen-Jagannathan (1991) bounds on the variance of admissible stochastic discount factors, with and without the nonnegativity constraint on the stochastic discount factors. In addition, since the sample Hansen-Jagannathan bounds can be very volatile, we propose a simple method to construct confidence intervals for the population Hansen-Jagannathan bounds. Finally, we show that the analytical results in the paper are robust to departures from the normality assumption.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2008-9

Classification
Wirtschaft
Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
Subject
Hansen-Jagannathan bound
exact distribution
no-arbitrage

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Kan, Raymond
Robotti, Cesare
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
(where)
Atlanta, GA
(when)
2008

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Kan, Raymond
  • Robotti, Cesare
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Time of origin

  • 2008

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