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.S. household survey, we measure ambiguity aversion using custom- designed questions based on Ellsberg urns. As theory predicts …
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Individual responsibility for portfolio construction is a central theme for defined contribution pensions, yet the rise of target-date funds is shifting investment decisions from workers back to employers. A complex choice architecture including automatic enrollment, reenrollment, and fund...
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shocked into a new awareness of the need for better risk management tools to handle longevity and aging. This paper offers an …
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The direct financial impact of the financial crisis has been to deal a heavy blow to investment-based pensions; many workers lost a substantial portion of their retirement saving. The financial sector implosion produced an economic crisis for the rest of the economy via high unemployment and...
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This paper incorporates two empirically-grounded insights into a dynamic life cycle portfolio choice model: the fact that investors forego the opportunity to accumulate job-specific skills when they spend time managing their own money, and the observation that efficiency in financial decision...
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This paper derives optimal life cycle portfolio asset allocations as well as annuity purchases trajectories for a consumer who can select her hours of work and also her retirement age. Using a realistically-calibrated model with stochastic mortality and uncertain labor income, we extend the...
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. Welfare gains from this strategy can amount to 40 percent of financial wealth (depending on risk parameters and other …
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with low income uncertainty; for the high income risk worker, equity exposure rises until retirement. We also evaluate how … annuities, and stocks as well as bonds. Higher labor income uncertainty and lower old-age benefits boost demand for stable … differences in social security benefits can influence retirement risk management …
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longevity risk, and partially-refundable premiums. Welfare rises since policyholders exercise the product's flexibility by …
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