L Consider an individual facing the prospect of having high income, yí > 0, with probability π and low income, yl, with probability 1 – π, Yí > YL. Prior to learning whether realized income is high or low, the individual is able to go into the market and purchase (or sell) two types of assets. Let the Asset 1 have a return structure such that it pays R₁,í units of goods if y = yн and pays R₁, units of goods if y = yL. Similarly, let Asset 2 have a return structure such that it pays R₂,µ units of goods if y Ун and pays R₂,L units of goods if y = yL. The individual is endowed with w units of wealth to spend in the asset market but this wealth is not storable and hence cannot be save to purchase consumption goods. Denote by a₁ the amount of Asset 1 purchased by the individual and a2 the amount of Asset 2 purchased by the individual. וח 1. 1
L Consider an individual facing the prospect of having high income, yí > 0, with probability π and low income, yl, with probability 1 – π, Yí > YL. Prior to learning whether realized income is high or low, the individual is able to go into the market and purchase (or sell) two types of assets. Let the Asset 1 have a return structure such that it pays R₁,í units of goods if y = yн and pays R₁, units of goods if y = yL. Similarly, let Asset 2 have a return structure such that it pays R₂,µ units of goods if y Ун and pays R₂,L units of goods if y = yL. The individual is endowed with w units of wealth to spend in the asset market but this wealth is not storable and hence cannot be save to purchase consumption goods. Denote by a₁ the amount of Asset 1 purchased by the individual and a2 the amount of Asset 2 purchased by the individual. וח 1. 1
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider an individual facing the prospect of having high income, YH > 0, with
probability 7 and low income, YL, with probability 1 - T, YH > YL. Prior to learning
whether realized income is high or low, the individual is able to go into the market and
purchase (or sell) two types of assets. Let the Asset 1 have a return structure such that
it pays R1,H units of goods if y = YL. Similarly,
let Asset 2 have a return structure such that it pays R2,H units of goods if y = YH and
pays R2,L units of goods if y = YL. The individual is endowed with w units of wealth
to spend in the asset market but this wealth is not storable and hence cannot be save
to purchase consumption goods. Denote by a the amount of Asset 1 purchased by the
individual and az the amount of Asset 2 purchased by the individual.
The individual's problem is to maximize the expected utility from consumption sub-
ject to the constraints that consumption must be financed out of income and the realized
return from the asset portfolio as well as a constraint that spending on the asset portfolio
6.
= Yh and pays R1,L units of goods if y
must be financed out of the non-storable endowment wealth w.
Consumption and portfolio spending satisfies the following constraints,
(1)
(2)
(3)
CH
Ун + Ri,нај + Rz, на2
CL
YL + R1,La1 + R2,La2
a1+ a2.
Note that a1 and a2 can be positive (purchase) or negative (sell).
Transcribed Image Text:Given these three cases, which case is the asset return structure incomplete and
with of these three cases are examples of complete asset return structures?
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