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The Effect of Information Quality on Optimal Portfolio Choice

Lundtofte, Frederik LU (2006) In Financial Review 41(2). p.157-185
Abstract
Three types of agents acting on different information sets are considered: fully informed agents, insiders, and outsiders. Differences in information quality are shown to affect the properties of their optimal portfolios. For an outsider, the share of wealth invested in the stock is decreasing in the variance of the stock. However, for an insider, the effect of an increasing stock variance on the optimal portfolio weight is ambiguous. In a calibration to U.S. data, the confidence intervals of the insider’s demand for the stock converge, whereas the outsider’s confidence intervals become wider.
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incomplete information, learning, estimation risk, portfolio choice, hedging demands
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Financial Review
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41
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2
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157 - 185
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Wiley-Blackwell
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0732-8516
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English
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  issn         = {{0732-8516}},
  keywords     = {{incomplete information; learning; estimation risk; portfolio choice; hedging demands}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{157--185}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Financial Review}},
  title        = {{The Effect of Information Quality on Optimal Portfolio Choice}},
  volume       = {{41}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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