Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5098987 Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 2012 19 Pages PDF
Abstract
During the accumulation phase of a defined-contribution pension scheme, a scheme member invests part of their stochastic income in a portfolio of a stock and a bond in order to build up sufficient funds for retirement. It is assumed that the remainder of their salary pre-retirement is consumed, an annuity is purchased at retirement, and the stock allocation and consumption pre-retirement maximise the total expected lifetime consumption using a CARA utility function. Perfect correlation between the scheme member's income and the stock price leads to analytical expressions for the controls for a general income model. If the correlation is imperfect then analytical controls are found for two particular stochastic income models.
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