An empirical analysis of aggregate household portfolios

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serval:BIB_6358261644E0
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
An empirical analysis of aggregate household portfolios
Journal
Journal of Banking and Finance
Author(s)
Normandin M., St-Amour P.
ISSN
0378-4266
Publication state
Published
Issued date
08/2008
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
32
Number
8
Pages
1583-1597
Language
english
Abstract
This paper analyzes the important time variation in US aggregate household portfolios. To do so, we first use flexible descriptions of preferences and investment opportunities to derive household optimal decision rules that nest static, myopic, and non-myopic portfolio allocations. We then compare these rules to the data through formal statistical analysis. Our main results reveal that: (i) static and myopic investment behaviors are rejected, (ii) non-myopic portfolio allocations are supported, and (iii) the Fama-French factors best explain empirical portfolio shares.
Keywords
Dynamic hedging positions, Generalized recursive preferences, Static, Myopic, and Non-myopic portfolio allocations, Time-varying investment opportunity set
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