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Financial risk aversion and household asset diversification
Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea; Stephan, Andreas - 2008
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 …
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Hohe Risikoaversion privater Haushalte bei Geldanlagen
Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea; Stephan, Andreas - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 45, pp. 704-710
Eine möglichst breite Streuung der Geldanlagen gilt als eine wichtige Strategie der Risikominimierung bei Investitionsentscheidungen. Die Mehrzahl der Haushalte in Deutschland streut auch ihr Geldvermögen über mehrere Anlageformen. Ihr Anlageverhalten stimmt jedoch nur bedingt mit der von...
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Financial risk aversion and household asset diversification
Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea; Stephan, Andreas - 2009
This paper explores the relationship between self-declared risk aversion of private investors and their willingness to hold diversified portfolios of financial assets. The analysis is based on household survey data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP) that provides a reliable measure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387313
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Die Politik muss mehr für die finanzielle Bildung der Verbraucher tun: Sieben Fragen an Nataliya Barasinska
Wittenberg, Erich; Barasinska, Nataliya - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 45, pp. 705
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Stockholding in Spain
Ampudia Fraile, Miguel - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 4, pp. 415-435
This paper explores the stock holdings of Spanish households. As found for other developed countries, the major part of Spanish households does not participate in the stock market. We analyse the impact that entry costs can have in this decision by looking at how wealth, education and a series...
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Is Household Diversification Increasing in Wealth? Norwegian Evidence
Ødegaard, Bernt Arne - 2017
We study the diversification properties of equity portfolios using data on all Norwegian households with equity … investments. While households typically have undiversified equity portfolios, diversification is increasing in wealth …
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Household finances and social interaction : Bayesian analysis of household panel data
Brown, Sarah; Ghosh, Pulak; Taylor, Karl - 2014
We investigate the relationship between social interaction and household finances using data from the British Household Panel Survey. We contribute to the existing literature by exploring the relationship between a wide range of aspects of household finances and social interaction, rather than...
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Household finances and well-being : an empirical analysis of comparison effects
Brown, Sarah; Gray, Daniel - 2014
This paper explores the importance of the household's financial position for an individual's level of well-being. Initially, the empirical analysis, based on a large nationally representative panel survey, aims to ascertain the impact of the household's monetary financial position on overall...
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Disaster (over-)insurance : the long-term financial and socioeconomic consequences of Hurricane Katrina
Bleemer, Zachary; Klaauw, Wilbert van der - 2017
Federal disaster insurance - in the form of national flood insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other programs - is designed to nationally distribute large geography-specific shocks such as earthquakes and hurricanes. This study examines how residents were affected on...
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No poverty- sustainable development goals in the light of Polish statistics and social policy activities
Palimąka, Karolina; Karaś, Gabriela - In: Financial internet quarterly 18 (2022) 3, pp. 51-67
The purpose of this research is to examine the poverty phenomenon indicators in Poland through the prism of sustainable development. The subject of poverty and its consequences is often omitted in the discussion of sustainable development, or simplified only to social issues, yet it is an...
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