Lucas tree model

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The Lucas tree model is a foundational asset-pricing framework in macroeconomics that models a representative agent’s consumption and investment decisions using a single, infinitely lived “tree” that yields a stochastic stream of dividends.

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instanceOf asset pricing model
consumption-based asset pricing model
general equilibrium model
macroeconomic model
representative agent model
assumes complete markets
expected utility maximization
frictionless markets
infinitely lived representative agent
no arbitrage
perfect foresight in equilibrium
rational expectations
time-separable preferences
coreConcept consumption-smoothing
equilibrium asset prices
equity premium
intertemporal marginal rate of substitution
pricing kernel
risk-free rate
single productive tree
state-contingent claims
stochastic discount factor
stochastic dividend stream
creator Robert E. Lucas Jr. NERFINISHED
equilibriumCondition market clearing
no-arbitrage pricing
optimal consumption choice
field asset pricing
financial economics
macroeconomics
hasAgentType representative agent
hasAssetType single tree equity claim
hasDividendProcess stochastic process
hasGoodType single consumption good
influenced long-run risk models
modern macro-finance
real business cycle models
preferenceSpecification CRRA utility
time-additive utility
relatedTo Arrow–Debreu equilibrium NERFINISHED
consumption-based CAPM
stochastic growth models
timeHorizon infinite horizon
usedFor analyzing equity pricing in general equilibrium
benchmarking consumption-based asset pricing tests
deriving asset prices from consumption choices
linking macroeconomic risk to asset prices
studying risk and return trade-offs
studying the equity premium puzzle
studying the risk-free rate puzzle

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Robert Lucas Jr. notableConcept Lucas tree model