Lecture 7: Capital Asset Pricing

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Description: Prof. Robert Townsend discusses research methods and concepts aboout studying risk and return in village households.

Instructor: Prof. Robert M. Townsend

Video Index

  • Introduction to Samphantharak and Townsend (2013)
  • Intuition for compensating for risk
  • Findings related to risk and rates of return
  • Comparison with Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
  • Introduction to Calvet, Campbell, and Sodini (2007)

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