Rethinking Production Under Uncertainty

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John H. Cochrane

Hoover Institution; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Date Written: December 2019

Abstract

Conventional models of production under uncertainty specify that output is produced in fixed proportions across states of nature. I investigate a representation of technology that allows firms to transform output from one state to another. I allow the firm to choose the distribution of its random productivity from a convex set of such distributions, described by a limit on a moment of productivity scaled by a natural productivity shock. The model produces a simple discount factor linked to productivity, which can be used to price a wide variety of assets, without regard to preferences.

Suggested Citation

Cochrane, John H., Rethinking Production Under Uncertainty (December 2019). NBER Working Paper No. w26535, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3500653

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