We develop a novel approach for the direct extraction of aggregated investor attention and relative risk aversion (RRA) from European option prices. Applying it to China 50ETF options data, we document several noteworthy findings. First, we introduce the option-implied attention (OIA) index,...

This paper studies aggregation and a weak form of optimality referring to the p-weakly constrained Pareto efficiency (p-WE) in stochastic finance economies with incomplete markets. We derive a representative agent utility function maximized at equilibrium and a characterization of the set of...

This paper derives a no-trade theorem under Knightian uncertainty, which generalizes the theorem of Milgrom and Stokey (1982, Journal of Economic Theory 26, 17) by allowing general preference relations. It is shown that the no-trade theorem holds true as long as agents' preferences are...

This paper considers a heterogeneous agent Lucas style exchange economy. For a class of recursive utility functions containing the standard additive expected utility functions, I demonstrate that there exist market equilibria characterized by stationary (ergodic) Markov processes for...

This paper studies the equilibrium characterization of asset pricing in a discrete‐time Lucas exchange economy (Lucas 1978) with the intertemporal recursive utility function of Epstein and Zin (1989). A general formulation of equilibrium asset pricing is presented. It is shown that risk aversion...

The aim of this paper is to generalize Heath, Jarrow and Morton (1992, Econometrica) model of the term structure of interest rates within a jumpdiffusion formework. This is achieved by assuming that the forward rate process has a Levy jump component with general jump size distributions....

Is it possible to obtain an objective and quantifiable measure of risk backed up by choices made by some specific groups of rational investors? To answer this question, in this paper we establish some behavior foundations for various types of VaR models, including VaR and conditional-VaR, as...

This paper tackles the "aggregation problem" for stochastic economies with possibly incomplete market. An "aggregation theorem" is proved towards an analytic construction of the representative agent’s utility function. This is done within a general time-state setup with general utility...