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Is local bias a cross-border phenomenon? : evidence from individual investors’ international asset allocation
Baltzer, Markus; Stolper, Oscar; Walter, Andreas - 2013
; foreign investment bias ; portfolio diversification ; individual investor behavior ; household finance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740268
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How do households allocate their assets? : stylized facts from the eurosystem household finance and consumption survey
Arrondel, Luc; Bartiloro, Laura; Fessler, Primin; … - 2014
Using the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), a large micro-level dataset on households’ wealth in fifteen … participation as well as levels of asset holdings and investigate the systematic relationships between household characteristics and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010384151
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Who trades on momentum?
Baltzer, Markus; Jank, Stephan; Smajlbegovic, Esad - 2014
Using a unique data set that contains the complete ownership structure of the German stock market, we study the momentum and contrarian trading of different investor groups. Foreign investors and financial institutions, and especially mutual funds, are momentum traders, whereas private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010471006
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Financial literacy, stock market participation, and financial well-being in Germany
Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Janssen, Bennet; Knebel, Caroline; … - 2023
We examine financial literacy in Germany and its relevance for financial well-being. Using data from the Panel on … Household Finances collected in 2021, we show that about 62% of German households answer the Big Three financial literacy … questions correctly. Those with lower education, who are out of the labor force, women, and those living in East Germany have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014504767
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413601
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Risk attitude and capital market participation : is there a gender investment gap in Germany?
Fey, Jan-Christian; Lerbs, Oliver; Schmidt, Carolin; … - 2020
Do women invest differently than men? We contribute to the answer of this question by analysing the Panel on Household … variables in the area of household finance. We find that participation in risky assets is generally lower among women than among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387111
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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
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Banks' concentration versus diversification in the loan portfolio : new evidence from Germany
Jahn, Nadya; Memmel, Christoph; Pfingsten, Andreas - 2013
Using a unique data set on German banks' sector specific loan exposures to the real economy and the corresponding write-offs and write-downs, we examine the impact of loan portfolio sector concentration on credit risk. By controlling for common risk factors, we separate the bank-specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010233376
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Market transparency and the marking precision of bond mutual fund managers
Cici, Gjergji; Gibson, Scott; Gündüz, Yalın; … - 2014
We analyze the dispersion of month-end price marks simultaneously placed on identical corporate bonds by different US mutual fund managers before and after initiations of TRACE and introductions of issuers into Markit’s CDS database. Disseminated bonds show large and statistically significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010373710
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Cash holdings of German open-end equity funds : does ownership matter?
Dötz, Niko; Weth, Mark - 2013
In the light of the recent financial crisis, the discussion on the nature of runs and on the stabilizing role of liquidity holdings has intensified. This paper explores the cash management conducted by German open-end equity funds for the period between 2005 and 2010. Since ownership structures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010202775