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Expectations, uncertainty and risk premium

Rexford Abaidoo (Department of Business Management and Accounting, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland, USA)

Journal of Financial Economic Policy

ISSN: 1757-6385

Publication date: 7 August 2017

Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to examine short- and long-run effects of specific macroeconomic conditions on risk premium estimates on lending.

Design/methodology/approach

Empirical estimates are based on error correction and autoregressive distributed lag models.

Findings

The results suggest that, in the short run, inflation expectations, recession expectations and actual inflationary conditions tend to have a significant impact on risk premium estimates; in the long run, however, only inflation expectations and recession expectations are significant in risk premium estimates on lending.

Originality/value

This study examines how specific conditions of uncertainty and expectations influence variability in risk premium estimates on lending in the US economy.

Keywords

  • Cycles
  • Behavioral economics
  • Business fluctuations
  • Macroeconomic uncertainty
  • Risk premium
  • Criteria for decision-making under risk and uncertainty
  • Determination of interest rates
  • Econometric and statistical methods
  • Inflation expectation
  • Recession expectation
  • B22
  • C22
  • C3
  • D84

Citation

Abaidoo, R. (2017), "Expectations, uncertainty and risk premium", Journal of Financial Economic Policy, Vol. 9 No. 3, pp. 338-352. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFEP-12-2016-0096

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