Wage Rigidity: A Quantitative Solution to Several Asset Pricing Puzzles
In standard production models, wage volatility is far too high, and equity volatility is far too low. A simple modification-sticky wages because of infrequent resetting together with a constant elasticity of substitution (CES) production function leads to both smoother wages and higher equity volati...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Review of financial studies 2016-01, Vol.29 (1), p.148-192 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In standard production models, wage volatility is far too high, and equity volatility is far too low. A simple modification-sticky wages because of infrequent resetting together with a constant elasticity of substitution (CES) production function leads to both smoother wages and higher equity volatility. Further, the model produces several other hard-toexplain features of financial data: high Sharpe ratios, low and smooth interest rates, time-varying equity volatility and premium, a value premium, and a downward-sloping equity term structure. Procyclical, volatile wages are a hedge for firms in standard models; smoother wages act like operating leverage, making profits and dividends riskier. |
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ISSN: | 0893-9454 1465-7368 |
DOI: | 10.1093/rfs/hhv041 |