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Title: | Ambiguity Aversion and Household Portfolio Choice Puzzles: Empirical Evidence | Authors: | Dimmock, Stephen Geoffrey Kouwenberg, Roy Mitchell, Olivia S. Peijnenburg, Kim |
Keywords: | ambiguity aversion stock market participation household portfolio puzzles DRNTU::Business home-bias own-company stock puzzle portfolio under-diversification household finance |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Source: | Dimmock, S. G., Kouwenberg, R., Mitchell, O. S., & Peijnenburg, K. (2016). Ambiguity aversion and household portfolio choice puzzles: Empirical evidence. Journal of Financial Economics, 119(3), 559-577. | Series/Report no.: | Journal of Financial Economics | Abstract: | We test the relation between ambiguity aversion and five household portfolio choice puzzles: nonparticipation in equities, low allocations to equity, home-bias, own-company stock ownership, and portfolio under-diversification. In a representative US household survey, we measure ambiguity preferences using custom-designed questions based on Ellsberg urns. As theory predicts, ambiguity aversion is negatively associated with stock market participation, the fraction of financial assets in stocks, and foreign stock ownership, but it is positively related to own-company stock ownership. Conditional on stock ownership, ambiguity aversion is related to portfolio under-diversification, and during the financial crisis, ambiguity-averse respondents were more likely to sell stocks. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82775 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40311 |
ISSN: | 0304-405X | DOI: | 10.1016/j.jfineco.2016.01.003 | Schools: | Nanyang Business School | Rights: | © 2016 Elsevier. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2016.01.003]. | Fulltext Permission: | open | Fulltext Availability: | With Fulltext |
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