Stockholding: Participation, Location, and Spillovers
Posted: 16 Dec 2010
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Stockholding: Participation, Location, and Spillovers
Stockholding: Participation, Location, and Spillovers
Stockholding: Participation, Location, and Spillovers
Stockholding: Participation, Location, and Spillovers
Date Written: October 18, 2010
Abstract
This paper provides the first joint analysis of household stockholding participation, location among stockholding modes, and participation spillovers. Our model matches observed participation, conditional and unconditional, and asset location patterns. We find that financial sophistication correlates strongly only with direct stockholding and mutual fund participation, while social interactions mainly influence stockholding through retirement accounts. Whether retirement account owners include stocks in their accounts strongly depends on owner characteristics, which is not the case with mutual fund owners and investment in stock funds. Stockholding is more common among retirement account owners, but mainly because of owner characteristics rather than of any participation spillovers from retirement account ownership.
Keywords: Stockholding, Asset Location, Retirement Accounts, Household Finance, Multivariate Probit, Simulated Maximum Likelihood
JEL Classification: G11, E21
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