Why do household portfolio shares rise in wealth?

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3929-3965

  Wachter, Jessica A ^a   Yogo, Motohiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

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EID: 77958536405     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhq092     Document Type: Article

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