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The pattern of home ownership across cohorts and its impact on the net wealth distribution : empirical evidence from Germany and the US

Alik-Lagrange, Arthur; Schmidt, Tobias - 2015

over cohorts on the distribution of net wealth we impose the homeownership pattern of the US on Germany and ask: What would … the net wealth distribution in Germany look like if German households were distributed across tenure status along cohorts … to the wealth distribution. Imposing the structure of the US on Germany leads to a large increase in the German median …

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The standard portfolio choice problem in Germany

Huck, Steffen; Schmidt, Tobias; Weizsäcker, Georg - 2014

We study an investment experiment conducted with a representative sample of German households. Respondents invest in a safe asset and a risky asset whose return is tied to the German stock market. Experimental investments correlate with beliefs about stock market returns and exhibit desirable...

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The PHF: a comprehensive panel survey on household finances and wealth in Germany

Kalckreuth, Ulf von; Eisele, Martin; Le Blanc, Julia; … - 2012

The Panel on Household Finances (PHF) is a new panel survey on household finances and wealth in Germany conducted by … households in Germany. Wealthy households are oversampled using micro-geographic indicators. The survey is designed to be a full … self-contained and comprehensive survey on household finances in Germany, the PHF is part of the Household Finance and …

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The influence of an up-front experiment on respondents’ recording behaviour in payment diaries : evidence from Germany

Sieber, Susann; Schmidt, Tobias - 2015

In this paper, we analyse the recording behaviour of German consumers in a one week diary on their point-of-sales expenditures. We are particularly interested in the effect of a behavioural experiment, eliciting respondents’ risk preferences, on their recording behaviour. In the experiment,...

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Wealth and subjective well-being in Germany

Jantsch, Antje; Le Blanc, Julia; Schmidt, Tobias - 2022

Wealth in addition to income determines to a large degree an individual’s consumption opportunities and economic situation, which should in turn affect their subjective well-being. We analyse empirically the relationship between life satisfaction as an indicator of subjective well being and...

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Household bargaining, pension contributions and retirement expectations : evidence from the German Panel on Household Finances

Fernandes, Inês; Schmidt, Tobias - 2021

In this paper, we study the relationship between intrahousehold bargaining styles, bar-gaining power and individual pension contributions and expected standard of living in retirement, using microdata from the German Panel on Household Finances (PHF) survey. The paper builds on a theoretical...

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Precautionary motives in short-term cash management : evidence from German POS transactions

Eschelbach, Martina; Schmidt, Tobias - 2013

This paper empirically investigates whether individuals withhold a certain amount of cash for precautionary reasons at the point-of-sale (POS) in order to be able to cover future transactions that might have to be paid for in cash. Such behaviour is costly for consumers because it imposes...

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The standard portfolio choice problem in Germany

Breunig, Christoph; Huck, Steffen; Schmidt, Tobias; … - 2019

We study an investment experiment with a representative sample of German households. Respondents invest in a safe asset and a risky asset whose return is tied to the German stock market. Experimental investments correlate with beliefs about stock market returns and exhibit desirable external...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064672

The role of central bank knowledge and trust for the public's inflation expectations

Mellina, Sathya; Schmidt, Tobias - 2018

conducted among individuals living in Germany. Although most respondents assume that they have a good or very good knowledge of …

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