Household Investment Asset Variation and Wealth

International Journal of Management and Marketing Research, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 1-11, 2010

Posted: 9 Sep 2010

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Nathaniel J. Harness

Texas A&M University - Department of Economics and Finance

Michael S. Finke

The American College

Swarn Chatterjee

University of Georgia

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Date Written: 2010

Abstract

Frequent shifting of household portfolio composition may erode wealth due to poor market timing and transaction costs. If household preferences are stable, the optimal wealth maximizing strategy is periodically rebalancing to maintain a relatively constant ratio of investment assets to wealth from year to year. However, some households may fail to rebalance, or may change their preference for broad asset classes because of inexperience or behavioral biases. This research tests the impact of variation in the capital accumulation ratio (CAR), a commonly used ratio of investment assets to net worth, on changes in wealth using quantile regression. Using quantile regression, we find that having a high standard deviation of CAR results in the greatest losses among those with the lowest change in wealth between 1994 and 2004.

Keywords: Investment variation, portfolio choice, capital accumulation

JEL Classification: D14, G11, H31

Suggested Citation

J. Harness, Nathaniel and Finke, Michael S. and Chatterjee, Swarn, Household Investment Asset Variation and Wealth (2010). International Journal of Management and Marketing Research, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 1-11, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1668792

Nathaniel J. Harness (Contact Author)

Texas A&M University - Department of Economics and Finance ( email )

College of Business and Technology
College Station, TX 77843-4353
United States

Michael S. Finke

The American College ( email )

Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
United States

Swarn Chatterjee

University of Georgia ( email )

Athens, GA 30602-3622
United States

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