Optimal consumption and portfolio choice with loss aversion
- his paper analyses the consumption-investment problem of a loss averse investor equipped with s-shaped utility over consumption relative to a time-varying reference level. Optimal consumption exceeds the reference level in good times and descend to the subsistence level in bad times. Accordingly, the optimal portfolio is dominated by a mean-variance component in good times and rebalanced more aggressively toward stocks in bad times. This consumption-investment strategy contrasts with customary portfolio theory and is consistent with several recent stylized facts about investors' behaviour. I also analyse the joint effect of loss aversion and persistence of the reference level on optimal choices. Finally, the strategy of the loss averse investor outperforms the conventional Merton-style strategies in bad times, but tend to be dominated by the conventional strategies in good times.
Verfasserangaben: | Giuliano Antonio CuratolaORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-395871 |
URL: | http://ssrn.com/abstract=2749498 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2749498 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | SAFE working paper series ; No. 130 |
Schriftenreihe (Bandnummer): | SAFE working paper (130) |
Verlag: | SAFE |
Verlagsort: | Frankfurt am Main |
Dokumentart: | Arbeitspapier |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Jahr der Fertigstellung: | 2016 |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2016 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 12.04.2016 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Consumption-portfolio choice; Habit-formation; Loss-aversion |
Seitenzahl: | 40 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 381147061 |
Institute: | Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / House of Finance (HoF) | |
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS) | |
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe (SAFE) | |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |