Arbeitspapier

Portfolio choice over the life-cycle when the stock and labor markets are cointegrated

We study portfolio choice when labor income and dividends are cointegrated. Economically plausible calibrations suggest young investors should take substantial short positions in the stock market. Because of cointegration the young agent's human capital effectively becomes stock-like. However, for older agents with shorter times-to-retirement, cointegration does not have sufficient time to act, and thus their human capital becomes more bond-like. Together, these effects create hump-shaped life-cycle portfolio holdings, consistent with empirical observation. These results hold even when asset return predictability is accounted for.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2007-11

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Anlageverhalten
Portfolio-Management
Lebenszyklus
Lohn
Dividende
Kapitalertrag
Kointegration

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Benzoni, Luca
Dufresne, Pierre Collin
Goldstein, Robert S.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(where)
Chicago, IL
(when)
2007

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Benzoni, Luca
  • Dufresne, Pierre Collin
  • Goldstein, Robert S.
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Time of origin

  • 2007

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