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Continuous-time asset pricing with ambiguity aversion

Porchia, Paolo ; Trojani, Fabio (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2005 ; 2005ECO005.

This Thesis is structured in two Chapters, each aimed at contributing to the existing literature by exploring the effects of ambiguity aversion on two classical equilibrium asset pricing problems: the term structure of interest rates and two-agents equilibrium. In both cases, ambiguity aversion is modeled by means of a Max-Min expected utility representation that falls within the Recursive...

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Correlation risk and optimal portfolio choice

Buraschi, Andrea ; Porchia, Paolo ; Trojani, Fabio

In: The journal of finance, 2010, vol. 65, no. 1, p. 393-420

We develop a new framework for multivariate intertemporal portfolio choice that allows us to derive optimal portfolio implications for economies in which the degree of correlation across industries, countries, or asset classes is stochastic. Optimal portfolios include distinct hedging components against both stochastic volatility and correlation risk. We find that the hedging demand is...

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Ambiguity aversion and the term structure of interest

Gagliardini, Patrick ; Porchia, Paolo ; Trojani, Fabio

In: The review of financial studies, 2009, vol. 22, no. 10, p. 4157-4188

This paper studies the term structure implications of a simple structural model in which the representative agent displays ambiguity aversion, modeled by Multiple Priors Recursive Utility. Bond excess returns reflect a premium for ambiguity, which is observationally distinct from the risk premium of affine yield curve models. The ambiguity premium can be large even in the simplest log-utility...