Date of Award

1-1-2014

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Economics

Content Description

1 online resource (viii, 113 pages) : color illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

John B Jones

Committee Members

Fang Yang, Adrian Masters

Keywords

Consumption, Life Cycle Model, Portfolio Choice, Retirement Accounts, Consumption (Economics), Portfolio management, Individual retirement accounts

Subject Categories

Economics

Abstract

This dissertation is mainly trying to address discrepancies between theoretical predictions and empirical stylized facts in terms of what is the optimal stock share households should hold throughout the life cycle.

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