Econometric Evaluation of Asset Pricing Models: August, 1993 (Classic Reprint)

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Thus a stochastic discount factor m discounts payoffs in each state of the world and, as a consequence, adjusts the price according to the riskiness of the payoff. From the vantage point of an empirical analysis, we envision the stochastic discount factor as the vehicle linking a theoretical model to observable implications.

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