unconditional cross-sectional moments of household consumption growth and the moments of the risk-free rate, equity premium, price …-dividend ratio, and aggregate dividend and consumption growth. The model-implied risk-free rate and price-dividend ratio are … procyclical while the market return has countercyclical mean and variance. Finally, household consumption risk explains the cross …

the unconditional cross-sectional moments of household consumption growth and the moments of the risk free rate, equity … premium, price-dividend ratio, and aggregate dividend and consumption growth. The model-implied risk free rate and price …-dividend ratio are pro-cyclical while the market return has countercyclical mean and variance. Finally, household consumption risk …

Private consumption demand falls in response to increased unemployment risk during a recession, as households increase … unemployment risk is more important than realized unemployment shocks in accounting for durable expenditure dynamics during … recessions, while the opposite is true for nondurables. The importance of anticipation of future unemployment risk also means …