Eisenbach, Thomas M.; Schmalz, Martin C. - Federal Reserve Bank of New York - 2013
Motivated by individuals' emotional response to risk at different time horizons, we model an 'anxious' agent--one who … is more risk averse with respect to imminent risks than distant risks. Such preferences describe well-documented features … structure of risk premia, which are found empirically. Since such preferences can lead to dynamic inconsistencies with respect …