The Role of Nonseparable Utility and Nontradeables in International Business Cycles and Portfolio Choice /

This paper analyzes the role of nonseparable utility and nontradables in business cycles and portfolio choice. I find that nonseparability in utility can change the portfolio choice significantly. Unlike previous results in literature, the optimal portfolio of the traded-good sector equities is no l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matsumoto, Akito
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/163
Online Access:Full text available on IMF