Essays about: "risky share"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words risky share.

  1. 1. Wealth and Risk-Taking: A Cross-Country Study of European Households

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Gustaf Östblom; [2022]
    Keywords : Household finance; Risky share; Participation; Cross-country comparison; Eurozone;

    Abstract : This study investigates the relationship between wealth and risk-taking among European households. Using data from 22 European countries, I show that households with more investable wealth are more likely to invest in risky assets and have a higher risky share conditional on participation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Risking Data in Risk Contexts is Risky Business : Designing for Crisis Response in Relation to Surveillance, Transparency, and its Interaction Patterns

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Margarida Xavier; [2022]
    Keywords : Interaction Design; Crisis informatics; Crisis response; Natural hazards; Risk Management; Data visualization; Surveillance; Research through Design; Participatory Design; Interface Design;

    Abstract : As the world gets more exposed to natural hazards, new practices of response to crisis have become a topic that requires innovation. FindMe Tag is a device designed in partnership with Frog and Sony that provides rescue teams with information on victims’ locations and their medical conditions. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Happy household investor: the impact of happiness on stock market participation and portfolio risky shares

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Ellinor Lindstén; [2021]
    Keywords : Stock market participation; Risky share; Happiness; DNB Household Survey;

    Abstract : The research on happiness and its impacts on risk-taking in the form of stock market participation has attracted interest in recent years. Yet, what the actual impact is remains unclear. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gender Differences in Financial Decisions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lisa Rygård; [2020]
    Keywords : gender differences; decision making under risk; investment; sustainability; leadership gender; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Investment behavior is strongly affected by the level of risk we are willing to take and to what extent we believe an investment is going to be successful. It has been found in previous experiments that men and women tend to have different risk preferences and beliefs, with dissimilar investment behavior as consequence. READ MORE

  6. 5. Household Hedging Motives and Financial Risk Taking: Evidence from Europe

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Azar Aliyev; [2019]
    Keywords : Household Finance; Risk-Taking; Hedging Motives; Human Capital; Real Estate;

    Abstract : Financial economists have suggested how hedging motives related to human capital and real estate should affect financial risk-taking of a utility maximizing household. Using rich cross-sectional data from the second wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey, I analyze how such motives relate to the propensity to participate in the markets for risky assets and the risky share - portion of financial portfolio allocated to the risky assets. READ MORE