investigate for the first time the links between export diversification over destination countries and goods on the one hand and …

This paper explores the relationship between risk attitude and asset diversification in household portfolios. We first … diversification). The second part of the paper focuses on a more sophisticated strategy of diversification and asks whether financial … theory is compatible with observed diversification patterns. Based on the German Socioeconomic Panel which provides unique …

this end we measure diversification for all German banks in the period from 1993 to 2002. As measures we use a broad set of … naive diversification across all industries or, alternatively, the economy's industry structure. With this framework our … in this context innovative group of distance measures. We find that different statistical measures of diversification may …

Should banks be diversified or focused? Does diversification indeed lead to enhanced performance and, therefore … banks? profitability (ROA) and their portfolio diversification across different industries, broader economic sectors and … performance benefits associated with diversification since each type of diversification tends to reduce the banks? returns …