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Household willingness to take financial risk: Stockmarket movements and life‐cycle effects

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  • Cardak, Buly A.
  • Martin, Vance L.

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Using panel data on Australian households, the relationship between risk tolerance and past stock returns is investigated across economic and financial cycles, as well as over the life-cycle and across generations. Risk tolerance is found to be procyclical with stock returns over an eight year horizon. The empirical results also reveal an inverted J-curve age risk profile, and the presence of a longer cycle across generations. Results are robust to controlling for financial crises, return volatility, real estate returns and home bias.

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  • Cardak, Buly A. & Martin, Vance L., 2023. "Household willingness to take financial risk: Stockmarket movements and life‐cycle effects," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbfina:v:149:y:2023:i:c:s0378426622003326
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2022.106752
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    Keywords

    Risk tolerance; Stockmarket movements; Life-cycle effects; Home bias;
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    JEL classification:

    • G50 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - General
    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General

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