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Although the nation was experiencing an economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, we nonetheless observed an increase in household equity share value relative to both domestic market capitalization… Click to show full abstract
Although the nation was experiencing an economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, we nonetheless observed an increase in household equity share value relative to both domestic market capitalization and retail investors’ trading volume. In this paper, we aim to interpret the reasons underlying this seemingly unexpected phenomenon. We investigate portfolio choices with stocks, bonds, and life annuities under an inverse S-shaped probability distortion function. The results indicate that people invest more heavily in risky assets and buy more annuities when reducing their savings in risk-free accounts, which is indeed consistent with the reality.
Journal Title: Finance Research Letters
Year Published: 2021
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