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- Jean-Paul Laurent
- André Tiomo
Abstract
[eng] Financial risks : juniors vs. seniors. We consider the proportion of risky assets (stocks, bonds,...) among the household portfolios as a function of householder age, using two surveys conducted in 1995 on the holdings of financial assets. Unlike a common idea, older households hold more risky assets than their younger counterparts, both for homeowners and non homeowners and also among all wealth classes. We present the datasets used, the chosen classification of risky and riskless assets and we consider some explanations of the obtained results : learning effects, behaviour towards risk, background risk. We investigate the hypothesis that the volatility of young households earnings is high and thus that they minimize their risky financial investments. [fre] Nous étudions la part des actifs risqués (actions, obligations,...) dans le patrimoine financier des ménages en fonction de l’âge du chef de ménage, à partir de deux enquêtes réalisées en 1995 sur la détention d’actifs financiers. Contrairement à l’intuition courante, les seniors détiennent plus d’actifs risqués que les juniors, que l’on s’intéresse aux propriétaires ou aux non propriétaires et pour toutes les classes de richesse. Après avoir présenté nos données et une classification des actifs financiers, nous envisageons diverses explications à nos résultats : apprentissage, forme des préférences, dotations initiales. Nous considérons en particulier l’idée selon laquelle les jeunes ménages aisés ayant un risque de fluctuation de leurs revenus plus important que leurs aînés vont, dans une logique de diversification du risque, minorer leurs placements financiers risqués.
Suggested Citation
Jean-Paul Laurent & André Tiomo, 1998.
"Risques financiers : juniors vs seniors,"
Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 49(5), pages 189-211.
Handle:
RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_1998_num_49_5_3733
DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.1998.3733
Note: DOI:10.3406/ecofi.1998.3733
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