Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/38778 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Passauer Diskussionspapiere - Betriebswirtschaftliche Reihe No. 12
Publisher: 
Universität Passau, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Passau
Abstract: 
Private investors have limited time available for learning about stocks as they need to divide their time between stock analysis and work. This paper analyzes the influence of learning constraintsin the form of time constraints on portfolio selection and derives both optimal portfolio holdings and time allocation. Under time constraints, rational private investors make portfolio choices similar to those ofi nvestors with bounded rationality, i.e., insufficient diversification and excessive trading. Thus, time constraints offer an alternative, fully rational explanation for these real-world investment phenomena, which have to date been interpreted primarily in the light of behavioral finance.
Subjects: 
excessive trading
insufficient diversification
learning
portfolio selection
time constraint
JEL: 
G11
G12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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