How diversified are household asset portfolios?

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West, Tracey
Worthington, Andrew C
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2018
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Households face constraints that limit the extent to which they can optimally diversify their asset portfolios in line with Markowitz portfolio theory. This study measures the diversification of Australian households using four alternative measures better suited to households and successive waves of the Household, Income, and Labor Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. We examine how these measures of diversification vary across time and the population. We find that diversification is generally poor and varies significantly by wealth, age, household structure, and financial stance and risk. Index Terms - Asset portfolios, Diversification, Household socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, Financial risk-taking.

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International Journal of Management and Applied Science

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4

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3

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© 2018 Institute of Research and Journals. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.

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Banking, finance and investment not elsewhere classified

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