Differences Between Short‐ and Long‐Term Risk Aversion: An Optimal Asset Allocation Perspective

B-Tier
Journal: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Year: 2019
Volume: 81
Issue: 1
Pages: 42-61

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Abstract

This paper studies the long‐term asset allocation problem of an investor with different risk aversion attitudes to the short and the long term. We characterize investor's preferences with a utility function exhibiting a regime shift in risk aversion at some point of the multiperiod investment horizon that is estimated using threshold nonlinearity methods. Our empirical results for a portfolio of cash, bonds and stocks suggest that long‐term risk aversion is higher than short‐term risk aversion and increases with the investment horizon. The exposure of the investment portfolio from stocks to bonds and cash increases with the degree of risk aversion.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:obuest:v:81:y:2019:i:1:p:42-61
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25