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Portfolio Choice with Information-Processing Limits

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  • Altantsetseg Batchuluun

    (Department of Economics, National University of Mongolia)

  • Yulei Luo

    (Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong
    CEMA, Central University of Finance and Economics)

  • Eric R. Young

    (Department of Economics, University of Virginia
    Department of Economics, Zhejiang University)

Abstract

In this paper, we examine the joint consumption-portfolio decision of an agent with limited information-processing capacity (rational inattention or RI) in the sense of Sims (2003) within a non-linear-quadratic (non-LQ) setting. Our model predicts that, as processing capacity falls, agents choose to hold less of their savings in the form of risky assets on average; however, they still choose to hold substantial risky assets with some positive probability. Low capacity causes households to act as if they are more risk averse and more willing to substitute consumption intertemporally.

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  • Altantsetseg Batchuluun & Yulei Luo & Eric R. Young, 2019. "Portfolio Choice with Information-Processing Limits," Annals of Economics and Finance, Society for AEF, vol. 20(1), pages 137-162, May.
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    Keywords

    Rational inattention; Non-LQ setting; Optimal consumption saving; Portfolio choice;
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    JEL classification:

    • D53 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Financial Markets
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions

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