Long‐Run Consumption Risk and Asset Allocation under Recursive Utility and Rational Inattention

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking
Year: 2016
Volume: 48
Issue: 2-3
Pages: 325-362

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Abstract

We study the portfolio decision of a household with limited information‐processing capacity (rational inattention [RI]) in a setting with recursive utility. We find that RI combined with a preference for early resolution of uncertainty could lead to a significant drop in the share of portfolios held in risky assets, even when the departure from the standard expected utility setting with full‐information rational expectations is small. In addition, we show that the equilibrium equity premium increases with the degree of inattention because inattentive investors with recursive utility face greater long‐run risk and thus require higher compensation in equilibrium.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:jmoncb:v:48:y:2016:i:2-3:p:325-362
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25