Date: 2012
Type: Article
Consumption smoothing and portfolio rebalancing : the effects of adjustment costs
Journal of Monetary Economics, 2012, Vol. 59, No. 8, pp. 751-768
BONAPARTE, Yosef, COOPER, Russell, ZHU, Guozhong, Consumption smoothing and portfolio rebalancing : the effects of adjustment costs, Journal of Monetary Economics, 2012, Vol. 59, No. 8, pp. 751-768
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A household's response to income and return shocks depends on the costs of portfolio adjustment. In particular, the extent of portfolio rebalancing and consumption smoothing are influenced by the presence of non-convex portfolio adjustment costs. Suppose bonds can be adjusted costlessly while adjustments to stock accounts entail adjustment costs. Due to these portfolio adjustment costs, the household demands both stocks and bonds. A household can buffer some income fluctuations without incurring adjustment costs and engage in costly portfolio rebalancing less frequently. Using the estimated preference parameters and portfolio adjustment costs, the response to income and return shocks is nonlinear and reflects the interaction of portfolio rebalancing and consumption smoothing.
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First published online : December 2012
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/31178
Full-text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2012.10.012
ISSN: 0304-3932; 1873-1295
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