On the Relation Between Linearity-Generating Processes and Linear-Rational Models

We review the notion of a linearity-generating (LG) process introduced by Gabaix (2007) and relate LG processes to linear-rational (LR) models studied by Filipovic, Larsson, and Trolle (2017). We show that every LR model can be represented as an LG process and vice versa. We find that LR models have...

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Main Authors Filipovic, Damir, Larsson, Martin, Trolle, Anders B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 08.06.2018
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Quantitative Finance - Mathematical Finance
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Summary:We review the notion of a linearity-generating (LG) process introduced by Gabaix (2007) and relate LG processes to linear-rational (LR) models studied by Filipovic, Larsson, and Trolle (2017). We show that every LR model can be represented as an LG process and vice versa. We find that LR models have two basic properties which make them an important representation of LG processes. First, LR models can be easily specified and made consistent with nonnegative interest rates. Second, LR models go naturally with the long-term risk factorization due to Alvarez and Jermann (2005), Hansen and Scheinkman (2009), and Qin and Linetsky (2017). Every LG process under the long forward measure can be represented as a lower dimensional LR model.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1806.03153