Guiso, Luigi; Jappelli, Tullio; Terlizzese, Daniele - In: American Economic Review 86 (1996) 1, pp. 158-72
Economic theory suggests that uninsurable income risk and the expectation of future borrowing constraints can reduce the share of risky assets in a household's portfolio. If the utility function exhibits decreasing absolute risk aversion and decreasing prudence, an individual will reduce his...