The impact of uninsurable risk on asset prices and optimal dividend policy

This thesis examines whether two well documented financial market anomalies - the "Mehra & Prescott puzzles" and the dividend controversy - can be resolved by allowing for the effects of uninsurable risks. The dissertation contains an extensive review of the theory of consumption based...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Freeman, Mark Charles
Published: University of Warwick 1997
Subjects:
332
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.390037