Sökning: "Financial risk-taking"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 20 avhandlingar innehållade orden Financial risk-taking.

  1. 1. What do you expect? : individual investors' subjective expectations, information usage, and social interactions in financial decision-making

    Författare :Oscar Stålnacke; Jörgen Hellström; Rickard Olsson; Anders Anderson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Behavioral finance; Beliefs; Confidence; Expectations; Financial information; Financial risk-taking; Household finance; Individual investors; Panel data; Portfolio choice; Portfolio return; Return; Risk; Social interaction; Sophistication; Stock market; Subjective probability; Survey research; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introductory part and four self-contained papers related to individual investors’ subjective expectations and their financial behavior. Paper [I] analyzes multiple measures of individual investors’ expectations of risk and return using survey data on a random sample of individual investors in Sweden. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Take a risk : social interaction, gender identity, and the role of family ties in financial decision-making

    Författare :Emma Zetterdahl; Thomas Aronsson; Niklas Hanes; Jörgen Hellström; Paolo Sodini; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Asset allocation; Behavioral finance; Divorce; Financial literacy; Financial risk-taking; Gender identity; Household finance; Panel data; Propensity score matching; Risky asset share; Risk aversion; Saving behavior; Stock market participation; Social interaction; Trust; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introductory part and four self-contained papers related to individual financial behavior and risk-taking in financial markets.In Paper [I] we estimate within-family and community social interaction effects upon an individual’s stock market entry, participation, and exit decision. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Essays on health, labor market behavior, and economic incentives

    Författare :Alejandro Vega; Thomas Aronsson; Gauthier Lanot; David Granlund; Niklas Jakobsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor force participation; labor supply; health status; financial risk-taking; gender differences; job loss; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Paper [1] analyzes how the labor force participation changes in response to major health shocks, such as new cancer diagnoses, heart attacks, and strokes, in middle-aged to elderly Mexican couples, and how the spouses interact in their responses. The data originates from the Mexican Health and Aging Study and provides information on how couples coordinate their labor market activities in response to major health shocks. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Essays on Risk Attitudes in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Författare :Mohammad H. Sepahvand; Ranjula Bali; Chuan-Zhong Li; Supriya Garikipati; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Risk attitudes; determinants of risk taking; test-retest reliability; gender; inter and multigenerational transmission; socialization; family background; sibling correlations; exogenous shock; revolution; gender differences; agriculture; productivity; Burkina Faso; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I (submitted): Risk-taking is an important topic in Africa, as access to financial institutions and social security is scarce. Data on risk attitudes in Africa is limited and the available data collected might not be reliable. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Essays on Firms' Financing and Investment Decisions

    Författare :Valeriia Dzhamalova; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Capital structure; Banks; R D Investment; Financial Constraints; Financial Crisis; Bank Debt; Bank Risk; Borrowers;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses how the capital structures of financial and non-financial firms affect each other and how shocks in the financial sector affect investments in non-financial firms. The thesis consists of three self-contained essays. LÄS MER