In our asymmetric-information asset pricing model, commonality in uninformed trading translates into a transient factor in returns. The factor is capable of simultaneously producing negative signs of return cross-autocorrelations, a feature that we document in data, and excess comovement in...

In our asymmetric-information asset pricing model, commonality in uninformed trading translates into a transient factor in returns. The factor is capable of simultaneously producing negative signs of return cross-autocorrelations, a feature that we document in data, and excess comovement in...

Recently a market in options based on CPI inflation (inflation caps and floors) has emerged in the US. This paper uses quotes on these derivatives to construct probability densities for inflation. We study how these pdfs respond to news announcements, and find that the implied odds of deflation...

Recently a market in options based on CPI inflation (inflation caps and floors) has emerged in the US. This paper uses quotes on these derivatives to construct probability densities for inflation. We study how these pdfs respond to news announcements, and find that the implied odds of deflation...

We use the forward-looking information from the US and global capital markets to estimate the economic impact of global warming, specifically, long-run temperature shifts. We find that global warming carries a positive risk premium that increases with the level of temperature and that has almost...

A number of researchers have recently argued that the growth of the shadow banking system in the years preceding the recent U.S. financial crisis was driven by rising demand for "money-like" claims — short-term, safe instruments (STSI) — from institutional investors and nonfinancial firms....