We analyze the impact of risk and ambiguity aversion using a lifecycle recursive utility model. Both risk and ambiguity aversion are shown to reduce annuity demand and enhance bond holdings. We obtain this result using an intertemporal framework in which we can vary both risk and ambiguity...

There are two stylised facts, namely weak demand for life-annuities and flat age-wealth profile that contradict the life-cycle hypothesis. In this paper we design a theoretical framework, which combines plausible arguments, which have been put forward in the literature to reconcile theory with...