46. Economics and Investment Markets Flashcards
present value formula for the value at time t of any financial asset i
Notation - present value formula for the value at time t of any financial asset i
general expression for the discount rate
Inter-temporal rate of substitution
The ratio of the marginal utility of consumption s periods in the future (the numerator) to the marginal utility of consumption today (the denominator).
Payoff for an investment in a zero-coupon bond at time t that is certain to pay off one unit of real consumption in s periods
where m~t,s is the investor’s marginal willingness to trade consumption at time t for (real) wealth at time t + s
Return on bond in one year w/ payoff $ 1
(future payoff minus the current payment relative to the current payment)