위험회피성향에 따른 부동산 자산 선호 분석*

Abstract

For years, numerous attempts have been made to empirically prove the economic theory that safe assets are preferred when the tendency of risk aversion becomes strong. However, those attempts have been limited to financial products. In Korea, there are few precedent studies about the relationship between risk aversion and real estate assets even though more than 75% of household assets consist of real estate. Therefore, this study analyzes the relationship between risk aversion and real estate assets, based on data from the National Survey of Tax and Benefit 2017 and 2018. The findings show that people who have a higher tendency of risk aversion have less real estate assets. In addition, the empirical results are little different in the study that limited dependent variables to real estate assets other than a residential house. Considering findings from precedent studies and this study together, it is shown that consumers in real world, as well as those in economic theories, regard deposits and insurance products as safe assets but classify stocks and real estate properties as relatively risky assets. However, this study has limitations as the long-term relationship between risk aversion and real estate assets could not be analyzed due to limited data.