On Smoothing and Habit Formation of Variable Life Annuity Benefits
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On Smoothing and Habit Formation of Variable Life Annuity Benefits. / Steffensen, Mogens; Vikkelsøe, Savannah Halling.
I: Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Bind 17, Nr. 2, 75, 2024.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - On Smoothing and Habit Formation of Variable Life Annuity Benefits
AU - Steffensen, Mogens
AU - Vikkelsøe, Savannah Halling
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This paper studies optimal consumption and investment strategies with lifetime uncertainty to design a smooth pension product. In a simplified Black–Scholes market, we investigate three strategies for consumption and investment: the classical strategy, the habit strategy, and the hybrid strategy. Incorporating additive habit formation in preferences leads to a request for less consumption volatility. Studying the consumption dynamics, it turns out that the hybrid strategy complies with the same preferences as the habit strategy. In our design of a smooth pension product, we are highly inspired by the consumption structure under the hybrid strategy and let consumption be specified as a time-dependent weighted average of last year’s consumption level and a standard market rate life annuity. We give two approaches for the investment portfolio. The numerical examples show that consumption under these approaches is less volatile than consumption under the classical strategy.
AB - This paper studies optimal consumption and investment strategies with lifetime uncertainty to design a smooth pension product. In a simplified Black–Scholes market, we investigate three strategies for consumption and investment: the classical strategy, the habit strategy, and the hybrid strategy. Incorporating additive habit formation in preferences leads to a request for less consumption volatility. Studying the consumption dynamics, it turns out that the hybrid strategy complies with the same preferences as the habit strategy. In our design of a smooth pension product, we are highly inspired by the consumption structure under the hybrid strategy and let consumption be specified as a time-dependent weighted average of last year’s consumption level and a standard market rate life annuity. We give two approaches for the investment portfolio. The numerical examples show that consumption under these approaches is less volatile than consumption under the classical strategy.
KW - consumption dynamics
KW - decumulation phase
KW - optimal consumption and investment
KW - smooth pension product
U2 - 10.3390/jrfm17020075
DO - 10.3390/jrfm17020075
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85187272875
VL - 17
JO - Journal of Risk and Financial Management
JF - Journal of Risk and Financial Management
SN - 1911-8066
IS - 2
M1 - 75
ER -
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