This paper augments the neoclassical growth model to study the macroeconomic effects of idiosyncratic investment risk …

specified in current law. Calculations of expected utility show that these risk reduction techniques can raise expected utility … relative to the plans with no guarantees. The ability to do so depends on the individual's risk aversion level. This underlines … the idea that different individuals would rationally prefer different investment strategies and risk reduction options …

Investor confidence and risk tolerance are important concepts that investors are constantly trying to gauge. Yet these … changes in demand and fundamentals perceived by all investors, and a second that reflects changes in the relative risk … tolerance of institutional investors over and above that of domestics. The latter component, changes in relative risk tolerance …

This paper examines the risk aspects of an investment-based defined contribution Social Security plan. We focus on the … risk after the plan is fully phased in. Individuals deposit a fraction of wages to a Personal Retirement Account (PRA … cushion' that protects the individual from the risk of an unacceptably low level of benefits. For example, PRA deposits of 6 …

We develop a classification methodology for the context and content of news articles to predict risk and return in …