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Benchmarks in Aggregate Household Portfolios
Reference-dependent preference models assume that agents derive utility from deviations of consumption from benchmark levels, rather than from consumption levels. These references can be either backward-looking (as explicit in the Habit literature) or forward-looking (as implicitly suggested by Prospect Theory). For both cases, we specify and estimate a fully structural multi-variate Brownian system in optimal consumption, portfolio and wealth using aggregate household financial and real estate wealth data. Our results reveal that references are (i) strongly relevant, (ii) state-dependent, and (iii) that the data is more consistent with the backward- than the forward-looking reference model.portfolio choice; reference-dependent utility; habit; prospect; estimation of diffusion processes
Ratchet vs Blasé Investors and Asset Markets
His paper proposes a new wealth-dependent utility function for the inter-temporal consumption and portfolio problem, in which the subsistance (bliss) consumption level is a function of wealth. Ratchet effects obtain when higher wealth increases the subsistance consumption level; blasé behavior occurs when higher wealth reduces it. We have three contributions: (i) we identify closed-form solutions for optimal consumption and portfolio rules; (ii) we use the optimal rules to estimate the model using aggregate portfolio data, and (iii) we derive and discuss the pricing implications of our results. Our estimates are consistent with blasé behavior and counter-cyclical risk aversion. Cet article propose une nouvelle fonction d'utilité contingente à la richesse pour le problème de la consommation et de portefeuille inter-temporels, où le niveau de subsistance (félicité) de la consommation dépend de la richesse. Des effets de rochet sont obtenus lorsque la richesse accroît le niveau de félicité, des effets blasés lorsqu'elle le réduit. Nous présentons trois contributions : (i) nous identifions des formes réduites pour la consommation et les portefeuilles optimaux; (ii) nous utilisons ces règles pour estimer le modèle à partir de la consommation et des positions financières agrégées et (iii) nous dérivons et discutons des implications de valorisation des actifs. Nos résultats indiquent la présence d'effet blasé et d'aversion contra-cyclique.portfolio choice, wealth-dependent preferences, preference for status, asset pricing, equity premium, risk-free rate, predictability, choix de portefeuille, préférences contingentes à la richesse, préférence pour le statut social, valorisation des actifs, prime de risque, taux sans risque, prévisibilité
A mathematical model for the Fermi weak interactions
We consider a mathematical model of the Fermi theory of weak interactions as
patterned according to the well-known current-current coupling of quantum
electrodynamics. We focuss on the example of the decay of the muons into
electrons, positrons and neutrinos but other examples are considered in the
same way. We prove that the Hamiltonian describing this model has a ground
state in the fermionic Fock space for a sufficiently small coupling constant.
Furthermore we determine the absolutely continuous spectrum of the Hamiltonian
and by commutator estimates we prove that the spectrum is absolutely continuous
away from a small neighborhood of the thresholds of the free Hamiltonian. For
all these results we do not use any infrared cutoff or infrared regularization
even if fermions with zero mass are involved
Hyperfine splitting of the dressed hydrogen atom ground state in non-relativistic QED
We consider a spin-1/2 electron and a spin-1/2 nucleus interacting with the
quantized electromagnetic field in the standard model of non-relativistic QED.
For a fixed total momentum sufficiently small, we study the multiplicity of the
ground state of the reduced Hamiltonian. We prove that the coupling between the
spins of the charged particles and the electromagnetic field splits the
degeneracy of the ground state.Comment: 22 page
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