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I thank an anonymous referee, an associate editor, Rob Stambaugh (the Editor), Suleyman Basak, Brian Boyer (EFA Discussant), Michael Brennan, Benjamin Croitoru (FEA Discussant), Kent Daniel, Darrell Duffie, Bob Goldstein, John Heaton, Joe Ostroy, Anna Pavlova, Chris Telmer (AFA Discussant), Pietro Veronesi, Luis Viceira, Harold Zhang (FRB Conference Discussant), and especially Phil Dybvig, as well as seminar participants at Washington University in St. Louis, London Business School, Lancaster University, University of Calgary, University of South Carolina, University of Central Florida, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Brigham Young University, the 2004 Annual Derivatives Securities Conference, Third World Congress of the Bachelier Finance Society, the 2004 European Finance Association, the 2004 Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, the 2005 Conference on Risk Premiums at the Federal Reserve Board, and the 2005 American Finance Association for helpful comments. 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I thank an anonymous referee, an associate editor, Rob Stambaugh (the Editor), Suleyman Basak, Brian Boyer (EFA Discussant), Michael Brennan, Benjamin Croitoru (FEA Discussant), Kent Daniel, Darrell Duffie, Bob Goldstein, John Heaton, Joe Ostroy, Anna Pavlova, Chris Telmer (AFA Discussant), Pietro Veronesi, Luis Viceira, Harold Zhang (FRB Conference Discussant), and especially Phil Dybvig, as well as seminar participants at Washington University in St. Louis, London Business School, Lancaster University, University of Calgary, University of South Carolina, University of Central Florida, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Brigham Young University, the 2004 Annual Derivatives Securities Conference, Third World Congress of the Bachelier Finance Society, the 2004 European Finance Association, the 2004 Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, the 2005 Conference on Risk Premiums at the Federal Reserve Board, and the 2005 American Finance Association for helpful comments. 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