Eight consumption-based asset pricing models are developed, estimated and compared their capacities in accounting for the asset markets in Hong Kong. Results based on conventional metrics or recently developed econometric techniques deliver similar results: introducing housing into the...

The equity premium puzzle argues that equity risk alone is insufficient to justify observed equity premiums with a reasonable value of risk aversion. Mortgages account for a substantial part of household debt, it is thus necessary to take the mortgage payment obligations into consideration when...

We document that mortgaged homebuyers pay an 11% premium relative to all-cash buyers in residential real estate transactions. This premium far exceeds the 3\% premium implied by a realistically calibrated model of rational home sellers with transaction frictions. We obtain similar results from...

I provide a novel framework for machine learning models to ingest quantified soft information during the life of a loan, using cutting-edge natural language processing techniques on salient unstructured text. This soft information, from servicer call transcripts, is not restricted to mere...

This paper analyzes return enhancement patterns of Turkish REITs (T-REITs) from various perspectives over the period of July 2008 and March 2015. We find that T-REITs portfolio provides a slightly lower level of risk diversification benefit than investment trusts, but higher than the banks. The...

We present a model of secured lending in which borrowers and lenders agree to disagree about collateral values. Lenders' beliefs distort equilibrium prices of collateralized assets, and the extent to which lenders' beliefs distort prices is mediated by borrower riskiness. Specifically, prices...

We explicitly solve for the aggregate asset pricing quantities of a general equilibrium Lucas endowment economy inhabited by two agents with habit formation preferences. Preferences are modeled either as internal or external habits. We allow for agents' heterogeneity in relative risk aversion...

We study the asset pricing implications of a general equilibrium Lucas endowment economy inhabited by two agents with habit formation preferences. Preferences are modeled either as internal or external habits. We allow for agents' heterogeneity in relative risk aversion and habit strength. We...

We explicitly solve for the aggregate asset prices in a general equilibrium Lucas endowment economy with two agents who are heterogeneous in their time-nonseparable preferences. Time-nonseparability is modeled either as internal or external habit preferences. Equilibrium quantities -- equity...

A detailed treatment of aggregation and capital heterogeneity substantially improves the performance of the investment CAPM. Firm-level predicted returns are constructed from firm-level accounting variables and aggregated to the portfolio level to match with portfolio-level stock returns....