We examine asset prices in a representative-agent model of general equilibrium. Assuming only that individuals are risk … averse, we determine conditions on the changes in asset risk that are both necessary and sufficient for the asset price to … incomplete in the sense of containing an uninsurable background risk, such as a risk on labor income. We extend our model to show …

risk aversion and the intertemporal elasticity of substitution. The three-way separation allows the model to further … account for the variance premium puzzle, besides the puzzles of the equity premium, the risk-free rate, and the return … predictability. Specifically, the model matches reasonably well key asset pricing moments with risk aversion under 5. By calibration …