Fulltext

Loss aversion with multiple investment goals

De Giorgi, Enrico

In: Mathematics and Financial Economics, 2011, vol. 5, no. 3, p. 203-227

Ajouter à la liste personnelle
    Titre
    • Loss aversion with multiple investment goals
    Auteur
    • De Giorgi, Enrico. Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, Bodanstrasse 6, 9000, St. Gallen, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Mathematics and Financial Economics, 2011, vol. 5, no. 3, p. 203-227. Springer-Verlag
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:313614
    Summary
    This paper presents a time-continuous portfolio selection model with loss averse investors, who possess multiple investment goals at different time horizons. The model assumes partial narrow framing. Investors follow a two-step approach. First, they optimally allocate wealth among investment goals. Second, they determine an optimal investment strategy for each investment goal separately. We show that when loss aversion is according to the experimental findings, investors mainly invest their wealth to reach long-term goals and adopt investment strategies with high leverage to reach short-term goals. The overall strategy also display high leverage. The same patterns is observed when loss aversion is extreme and goals are very ambitious. By contrast, when loss aversion is extreme but goals are not too ambitious, investors mainly invest to reach short-term goals and adopt safe investment strategies for this purpose