Revisiting asset pricing under habit formation in an overlapping-generations economy

Sei-Wan Kim, Joshua Krausz and Kiseok Nam

Journal of Banking & Finance, 2013, vol. 37, issue 1, 132-138

Abstract: By incorporating habit formation into an overlapping-generations economy, we show that the middle-aged consumers’ savings decision has a substantial impact on the equity premium. The higher incentive for savings for the middle-aged, resulting from the habit formation preference, causes an even higher demand for bonds and a lower demand for equity, which eventually generates a lower risk-free rate and a higher required return for holding equity than does the framework of non-habit forming models. Calibration results verify that the habit formation setting, together with an OLG framework is capable of yielding lower bond returns and higher equity returns than the standard CRRA utility models, and the borrowing constraint imposed on the young-aged consumers amplifies the positive effect of habit formation on the equity premium. The findings imply that habit formation preferences within the overlapping-generations framework under the borrowing-constrained economy can provide a more improved explanation of the equity premium puzzle.

Keywords: Equity premium; Habit formation preference; Overlapping-generations economies; Consumption asset pricing model; Calibration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E21 E27 G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.08.018

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