Essays about: "Risk-taking channel"
Found 3 essays containing the words Risk-taking channel.
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1. The Patient Risk-Taker: Understanding the Drivers of Wealth and Inequality Across Countries
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : While economic inequality has been a topic of interest to researchers for decades, most literature is focused on inequality and its evolution in single country analyses, with very little research done on drivers of wealth inequality across countries. This paper documents an association between variations in country-level patience and risk preferences from experiments involving thousands of individuals from 76 countries, and cross-sectional wealth and wealth inequality measures. READ MORE
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2. Comparison of Performance Between Social and Conventional Banks : An Empirical Study of Banks in Europe
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Banks as financial institutions play an important role in the lives of people by facilitating the flow of funds and ensuring the stability of the global economy. Recently, the world economy witnessed various financial shocks that escalated into a financial crisis between 2007 and 2009. READ MORE
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3. Asset Allocation and a Low Interest Rate Environment
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This study analyses the effect of an expansionary monetary policy on risk-taking of investors in Sweden. By studying net money flows to mutual funds in Sweden we aim to provide an explanation to what variables affect investors' asset allocation decisions and how asset allocation changes in a low interest rate environment. READ MORE
