Essays about: "Household portfolio choice"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the words Household portfolio choice.

  1. 6. Cash crops vs food crops : A case study of household's crop choices in Babati District

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Petter Åström; [2009]
    Keywords : Tanzania; Babati; household; crop orientation; crop portfolio choices; cash crops.;

    Abstract : According to earlier research farmer's crop orientation in developing countries mainly depends on farm size, large-scale farmers prefer cash crop while small-scale farmers prefer subsistence crops. The first aim of this study is to see if this hypothesis can be applied on six households in Babati District in rural Tanzania. READ MORE

  3. 7. Portfolio Implications of Homeownership - Hedging Housing Risk in Urban and Peripheral Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Philip Löfgren; Ludvig Mattsson; [2007]
    Keywords : household portfolio; homeownership; hedging; real estate;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the investment implications of the housing consumption choice in a mean-variance framework using quarterly time series ranging from the first quarter 1986 to the last quarter 2005. We analyze the investment portfolio of the Swedish household on a quarterly horizon containing general stocks, real estate stocks, T-bills, government bonds and housing. READ MORE