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1. Individual investors and socially responsible mutual funds
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the behavior of individual investors towards socially responsible mutual funds. The results are reported in the four self-contained papers.Paper [I] profiles SR individual investors. LÄS MER
2. School networks and active investors
Sammanfattning : Alma mater matters: The value of school ties in the venture capital industry. This paper examines the role and estimates the economic value of social networks tied to academic institutions in the venture capital industry. LÄS MER
3. Investment Decisions and Risk Preferences among Non-Professional Investors
Sammanfattning : I analyze a large number of investment decisions based on theories that have been developed and formalized over the past 50 years. Previous work in this field unveils a number of biases which affect ones choices when the outcome is uncertain. LÄS MER
4. The psychology of diversification: Novice investors´ability to spread risks
Sammanfattning : In order to reduce risk, portfolio theory prescribes holding a stock portfolio that is diversified across industries and countries. This thesis investigates novice investors’ ability to compile well-diversified portfolios and to what extent psychological factors may affect diversification. LÄS MER
5. Who is in the driver's seat? : Insights into the mixed outcomes of renewable policy instruments in the electricity industry
Sammanfattning : There is consensus about a need to reduce the amount of green-house gas emission in the electricity industry to be able to deal with the probable consequences of climate change. This necessitates extensive investments in technologies used to generate electricity from renewable energy sources (RES-E). LÄS MER