explain the equity risk premium and the variance risk premium in the U.S. financial markets, and whether they can generate … realistic dynamics of riskneutral and realized volatilities. I provide evidence that the jump risk in volatility of long run … consumption growth is a key component of the equity risk premium and the variance risk premium in financial markets. Moreover, I …

This paper re-examines the performance of REITs, stocks, and fixed-income assets based on the preferences of risk …-averse and risk-seeking investors using mean-variance and stochastic dominance approaches. Our findings indicate no first … order to maximize their expected utility, the risk-averse prefer fixed-income assets over real estate, which, in turn, is …