Investor sophistication and capital income inequality
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Author(s)
Kacperczyk, Marcin
Nosal, Jaromir
Stevens, Luminita
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Capital income inequality is large and growing fast, accounting for a significant portion of total income inequality. We study its growth in a general equilibrium portfolio choice model with endogenous information acquisition and heterogeneity across household sophistication and asset riskiness. The model implies capital income inequality that grows with aggregate information technology. Investors differentially adjust both the size and the composition of their portfolios, as unsophisticated investors retrench from trading risky securities and shift their portfolios to safer assets. Technological progress also reduces aggregate returns and increases the volume of transactions, features that are consistent with recent U.S. data.
Date Issued
2019-11-01
Date Acceptance
2018-11-06
Citation
Journal of Monetary Economics, 2019, 107, pp.18-31
ISSN
0304-3932
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Start Page
18
End Page
31
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Monetary Economics
Volume
107
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Subjects
Economics
1402 Applied Economics
1401 Economic Theory
1403 Econometrics
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-11-17