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Review of Economic Studies Vol. 60 No. 2 1993

A Model of Intertemporal Asset Prices Under Asymmetric Information

Jiang Wang

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Abstract

This paper presents a dynamic asset-pricing model under asymmetric information. Investors have different information concerning the future growth rate of dividends. They rationally extract information from prices as well as dividends and maximize their expected utility. The model has a closed-form solution to the rational expectations equilibrium. We find that existence of uninformed investors increases the risk premium. Supply shocks can affect the risk premium only under asymmetric information. Information asymmetry among investors can increase price volatility and negative autocorrelation in returns. Less-informed investors may rztionally behave like price chasers.

DOI
10.2307/2298057
Volume
60
Issue
2
Pages
249
Sources
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