 Robust consumption and portfolio choices with habit formationTongtong Li, Shibo Wang and Jinqiang Yang Economic Modelling, 2021, vol. 98, issue C, 227-246 Abstract: This paper explores the effect of homothetic model uncertainty on an agent's optimal consumption and portfolio choices with multiplicative habit formation. We solve the max-min expected utility problem to obtain the optimal consumption and portfolio rules. Detection error probabilities, which were calculated using Monte Carlo simulations, calibrate reasonable ambiguity aversion parameters. Results indicate that ambiguity leads to a more aggressive consumption strategy but more conservative investment choices and that the opposite effect is observed on the optimal decision between model uncertainty and habit formation. Notably, we find that the dynamics of investment are a mean-reverting process and that model uncertainty can increase this reversion rate. Furthermore, we discover a distinction between ambiguity and risk. The practical significance of this article is that it provides an alternative theoretical explanation for the excess sensitivity and smoothness puzzles of consumption from the perspective of ambiguity. Keywords: Homothetic model uncertainty; Multiplicative habit formation; Detection error probabilities; Excess sensitivity; Excess smoothness (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecmode:v:98:y:2021:i:c:p:227-246 DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2021.03.001 Access Statistics for this article Economic Modelling is currently edited by S. Hall and P. Pauly More articles in Economic Modelling from Elsevier |
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