Intermediary balance sheets tobias adrian and nina. New evidence from many asset classes zhiguo he, bryan kelly, asaf manela. In such frameworks, the leverage of nancial intermediaries measures the tightness of intermediary funding constraints and therefore their marginal value of wealth. Inverting the intermediary theory of asset pricing prof. Perhaps motivated by phenomena in the financial crisis, intermediary asset pricing has been one of the fastest growing areas of research in finance. Asset pricing theory tries to understand the prices or values of claims to uncertain payments. We empirically investigate the predictions from alternative intermediary asset pricing theories. Fluctuations in the riskbearing capacity of brokerdealers drive fluctuations in asset prices. Intermediary based asset pricing intermediary based asset pricing is an active line of research, both theoretical and empirical, which emphasizes the central role of financial intermediaries for asset prices and real outcomes builds on old idea of the financial acceleratorof bernanke and. I financial intermediary asset pricing an intermediary pricing kernel arises if the balance sheet capacity of intermediaries directly impacts asset price dynamics, as is the case in the literature on limits to arbitrage. Most forms of the capital asset pricing model assume that price differences can be effortlessly arbitraged away. This article explains the theory behind intermediary asset pricing and, in particular, how it is different from other. When the constraint binds, so that intermediaries equity capital is scarce, risk premia rise to reflect the.
Journal of financial economics washington university in. Financial asset pricing theory offers a comprehensive overview of the classic and the current research in theoretical asset pricing. G01,g12,g21,g24 abstract we find that shocks to the equity capital ratio of financial intermediaries primary dealer counterparties. Dynamic leverage asset pricing by tobias adrian, emanuel. Exposure to brokerdealer book leverage commands a positive price of risk while high levels of brokerdealer leverage are associated with low future returns. Some of these models build in a role for intermediaries as well as consumers. We find that the ic effect is substantially positive and continues to grow as the financialization of commodities deepens. A growing literature on financial intermediaries role in asset pricing has noted the correlations and. Poor intermediary health coincides with low asset prices and high risk premia, but it is unclear how much fluctuations in intermediaries health matter for aggregate asset prices rather than simply being correlated with aggregate risk aversion. The intermediary asset pricing literature uses two distinct measures of intermediary equity. There is also duffies book, which while old, covers continuous time and dynamic asset pricing very well. Soon you can find the first draft here furthermore, i am working on a paper related to intangible capital which is still in progress. The price of risk for intermediary capital shocks is consistently positive and of similar magnitude when estimated separately for individual asset classes, suggesting that financial intermediaries are marginal investors in many markets and hence key to understanding asset prices. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
We present a model to study the dynamics of risk premia during crises in asset markets where the marginal investor is a financial intermediary. G01,g12,g21,g24 abstract we find that shocks to the equity capital ratio of financial intermediariesprimary dealer counterparties. Intermediary asset pricing and the swedish equity market jakob barketorp dirke and charles ye may 2016 abstract increasingly, the focus of asset pricing research has shifted from the average household to the more sophisticated financial intermediaries. Intermediary asset pricing at daily frequency policy tensor. Market equity is shares outstanding times stock price. Intermediaries face a constraint on raising equity capital. Perhaps motivated by phenomena in the financial crisis, intermediary asset pricing has been one of the fastestgrowing areas of research in finance. Section iv analyzes the properties of the lmp and forms portfolios sorted on. Asset pricing is developed around the concept of a stateprice deflator which relates the price of any asset to its future risky dividends and thus incorporates how to adjust for both time and risk in asset valuation. Intermediary asset pricing olin business school washington. Intermediary asset pricing by zhiguo he and arvind krishnamurthy we model the dynamics of risk premia during crises in asset markets where the marginal investor is a financial intermediary. The rest is elaboration, special cases, and a closet full of tricks that make the central equation useful for one or. Intermediary asset pricing and the financial crisis, nber working papers 24415, national bureau of economic research, inc. Jan 25, 2016 the price of risk for intermediary capital shocks is consistently positive and of similar magnitude when estimated separately for individual asset classes, suggesting that financial intermediaries are marginal investors in many markets and hence key to understanding asset prices.
Accepted manuscript accepted manuscript intermediary asset pricing. New evidence from many asset classes i zhiguo he a, bryan kelly a, asaf manela b a university of chicago, booth school of business, and nber, 5807 s woodlawn ave, chicago, il 60637, usa b washington university, olin business school, one brookings dr, st. Our papers dif fer in the definition of financial intermediaries and in data sources. Intermediary asset pricing stanford graduate school of. His mostcited paper intermediary asset pricing, coauthored with arvind krishnamurthy, presents a model explaining financial crises in markets with complex securities such as mortgagebacked securities and corporate bonds. Intermediaries face a constraint on raising equity. New evidence from many asset classes i zhiguo he a, bryan kelly a, asaf manela b a university of chicago, booth school of business, and nber, 5807 s woodlawn ave, chicago, il 60637, usa. Book leverage, on the other hand, relies on accounting statement data for both equity and. The calibrated model matches the nonlinearity of risk premia during.
New evidence from many asset classes zhiguo he university of chicago and nber bryan kelly university of chicago and nber asaf manela washington university in st. But any asset holder not at a corner in his or her portfolio choice is marginal. Intermediary asset pricing becker friedman institute university of. Next we show that the second condition required for intermediaries to. We investigate intermediary asset pricing theories empirically and find strong support for intermediary book leverage as the relevant state variable. Intermediarybased asset pricing and the crosssections of. Intermediary asset pricing theories offer a new perspective for understanding risk premia. Shadow banks, leverage risks, and asset prices sciencedirect. Poor intermediary health coincides with low asset prices and high risk premia, but it is unclear how much. Intermediary asset pricing and the financial crisis zhiguohe arvindkrishnamurthy.
Book value of debt is equal to total assets less common equity, using the most recent data available for each firm at the end of a calendar quarter. Louis, mo 63, usa abstract we nd that shocks to the equity. Intermediary asset pricing simon fraser university. The capital asset pricing model capm is a model that describes the relationship between systematic risk and expected return for assets, particularly stocks. Intermediary asset pricing understands asset prices and risk premia through the lens of frictions in financial intermediation. The capital asset pricing model capm is a model that describes the relationship between systematic risk and. Mar 14, 2019 in the last few years, the intermediary theory of asset pricing has emerged as a single factor model of asset pricing that does as well as the standard four factor model and thus subsumes the size, value and momentum factors adrian, t. Intermediary asset pricing and the financial crisis uchicago voices. Literature on intermediary asset pricing, the net worth models he and krishnamurthy 20. Our paper belongs to a burgeoning literature on intermediary asset pricing, which highlights the pricing kernel of. Asset pricing, corporate finance, economic fluctuations and growth, international finance and macroeconomics. Three essays on financial intermediation and asset pricing by ujjal k. Intermediary asset pricing zhiguo he arvind krishnamurthy. So what is the content of intermediary asset pricing, and does intermediary asset pricing refute traditional consumptionbased asset pricing.
For econometricians, the stochastic discount approach is increasingly important, and. Intermediary asset pricing and the financial crisis ebook. In such frameworks, the leverage of nancial intermediaries measures the tightness of intermediary funding constraints and. Intermediary asset pricing american economic association. I am working on a new paper which is related to intermediary asset pricing and labor income risk. Ng this dissertation consists of three essays on financial intermediation and asset pricing. First, this paper most naturally relates to the literature on intermediary asset pricing. Investing in risky assets is so hard that most is done via intermediaries and someone has to manage the intermediaries.
There is a problem of timescale in intermediary asset pricing. Intermediary asset pricing understands asset prices and risk premia through the. In the last few years, the intermediary theory of asset pricing has emerged as a single factor model of asset pricing that does as well as the standard four factor model and thus subsumes the size, value and momentum factors adrian, t. Financial intermediaries and the crosssection of asset. We argue that relative predictability of more vs less intermediated asset classes by inter.
Perhaps motivated by phenomena in the financial crisis, intermediary. Do intermediaries matter for aggregate asset prices. The role of intermediaries in asset pricing chicago. Virtually all intermediary asset pricing theories would suggest using market values, which reflect forwardlooking information available in traded securities prices. Wmps are perceived to be as safe as deposits, but with high yields, which. The editor of the journal of financial economics highlighted article from the latest published issue of the journal intermediary asset pricing. Intermediary asset pricing zhiguo he, arvind krishnamurthy. My first book on asset pricing was duffies dynamic asset pricing theory 2nd ed, and it has perhaps forever biased my judgment. Our second choice is guided by the recent intermediary asset pricing models ofhe and krishnamurthy20,2012 andbrunnermeier and sannikov2014, which follow the tradition of.
Chatterjee the university of wisconsinmilwaukee, 20 under the supervision of dr. Intermediary asset pricing by zhiguo he and arvind krishnamurthy. Intermediary asset pricing is a branch of heterogeneous agent ap in heterogenous agent models e. Intermediary managers wealth constrains size of intermediary s overall equity, for moral hazard reasons. Risk premia rise when intermediariesequity capital is scarce. Arvind krishnamurthy we present a model to study the dynamics of risk premia during crises in asset markets where the marginal investor is a financial intermediary. Intermediary asset pricing zhiguo he arvind krishnamurthy november 20, 2008 abstract we study the dynamics of risk premia during crises where nancial intermediaries faces constraints on raising equity capital. Also, many of the most recent discoveries on empirical asset pricing since discount rates arent really in any textbook. To describe how leverage risk from shadow banks affects asset prices, we modify the intermediary asset pricing model e.
Intermediary asset pricing and the financial crisis. Intermediary asset pricing, nber working papers 14517, national bureau of economic research, inc. Newer asset pricing models allow for limits to arbitrage, such as an inability to borrow or lend large amounts of. In sum, i would try to read or at least skim all of these books. May 11, 2017 most forms of the capital asset pricing model assume that price differences can be effortlessly arbitraged away. Intermediary asset pricing and the financial crisis annual. Technical material is updated with each new edition and this book is correct as at 15 september 2012.
Intermediary asset pricing in commodity futures returns. Intermediary asset pricing and the swedish equity market. When the constraint binds, so that intermediaries equity capital is scarce, risk premia rise to reflect the capital scarcity. The calibrated model matches the nonlinearity of risk premia during crises. Research foundation webcasts and podcasts presentation recorded 09 nov 2018 intermediary asset pricing and the financial crisis arvind krishnamurthy, stanford. This paper assesses the extent to which intermediary capital ic risk contributes toward explaining commodity futures returns. Dec 01, 2019 there is a problem of timescale in intermediary asset pricing. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. New evidence from many asset classes zhiguo he university of chicago and nber. We find that shocks to the equity capital ratio of financial intermediaries primary dealer. Risk premia rise when the constraint binds, reflecting the capital scarcity. February 27, 2012 abstract we model the dynamics of risk premia during crises in asset markets where the marginal investor is a. Its probably true that the first book you study about a subject inevitably determines your approach to it afterwards.
Intermediary asset pricing, 2010 meeting papers 27, society for economic dynamics. These theories are predicated on the fact that financial intermediaries are in the advantageous position of trading almost all asset classes, anytime and everywhere. New evidence from many asset classes, journal of financial economics, vol. A low price implies a high rate of return, so one can also think of the theory as explaining why some assets pay higher average returns than others. We model the dynamics of risk premia during crises in asset markets where the marginal investor is a financial intermediary.
Hamilton galindo asset pricing corporate finance macro. While we have data on dealer balance sheets on a quarterly basis, dealers care more about daytoday or even intraday fluctuations. Im sure intermediary asset pricing is in no textbook. Acknowledgments this book owes an enormous intellectual debt to lars hansen and gene fama. Intermediary s pricing kernel and capital ratio i pricing kernel is marginal value of wealth formarginal investors.
Rob engles most recent book on empirical asset pricing is good because it has a very thorough treatment of the data. Krishnamurthy talks about two things from his paper coauthored with zhiguo he. This literature is nascent but quickly growing, especially following the nancial crisis. We find that shocks to the equity capital ratio of financial intermediariesprimary dealer counterparties of the new york federal reservepossess significant. New evidence from many asset classes zhiguo he, bryan kelly, and asaf manela nber working paper no. Global variance term premia and intermediary risk appetite, 2017 meeting papers 149, society for economic dynamics. Financial intermediaries and the crosssection of asset returns.
Financial intermediaries and the crosssection of asset returns 2561 section ii describes the data and empirical strategy, and section iii conducts a number of asset pricing tests in the crosssection of stock and bond returns. May 12, 2017 the role of intermediaries in asset pricing. Presentation at the nber longterm asset management. Three essays on financial intermediation and asset pricing. Newer asset pricing models allow for limits to arbitrage, such as an inability to borrow or lend large amounts of money at the riskfree rate. These terms are all familiar from the textbook treatment of portfolio choice in. Aem focus on the security brokerdealer sector and associated book leverage. Finally, we provide empirical support to the growing literature on intermediary asset pricing e.
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