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| Riccardo Calcagno and Mariacristina Rossi |
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| ''Portfolio Choice and Precautionary Savings'' |
| ( 2011, Vol. 31 No.2 ) |
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| We study the effect on savings of an increase in the capital risk of the investment opportunities when the representative consumer is allowed to optimally choose her portfolio. Sandmo (1970) and Levhari and Srinivasan
(1969) prove that individuals with high risk-aversion and time-separable, power utility increase their optimal savings when capital risk increases
holding constant the expected return of the risky asset. We obtain the opposite effect when the consumer chooses her portfolio allocation optimally. |
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| Keywords: Precautionary Saving, Capital Risk, Portfolio Allocation, Life Cycle Savings. |
JEL: E2 - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment: General (includes Measurement and Data)
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| Manuscript Received : Nov 19 2010 | | Manuscript Accepted : May 12 2011 |
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