Essays about: "household savings"
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1. Asset Pricing in Different Periods of Stock Market Volatility : The Varied Effectiveness of Carhart's Four-Factor Model in the Swedish Market
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Investing in the Swedish stock market has over time proven to be an effective way to increase wealth. Nationally speaking, Sweden’s population is also one of the best in the world at investing their savings. Four out of five swedes invest at least some part of their private savings into mutual funds which approximately amounts to 8. READ MORE
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2. A Breakup Between the UK and the EU: The Impact of the Brexit Referendum on Household Savings Rate in the United Kingdom
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This paper investigates the causal impact of the Brexit referendum on the household savings rate in the United Kingdom, both in the short and long term, by treating the referendum as a natural experiment. The Synthetic Control Method is used to create a counterfactual that tracks the UK's household savings rate before the referendum. READ MORE
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3. The Impact of Reducing Capital Taxation on Savings and Entrepreneurship: A synthetic control study on Sweden
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Capital taxes have gained prominence in public discourse for their perceived redistributional capabilities. Understanding their effect on individual economic decision making is key to designing effective tax policy. Sweden provides a good case study of the implications of capital taxes, as it repealed most of its capital taxes between 2005 to 2007. READ MORE
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4. Prosumers and Residential Photovoltaic Systems in Sweden : A discourse analysis of the communicated benefits and a review of self-consumption
University essay fromAbstract : Solar energy is resourceful for many purposes, for example, harvesting renewable electricity with photovoltaic (PV) technology. The number of new grid connections of PV is continuously increasing, and the Swedish PV market for residential prosumers is growing. READ MORE
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5. The Impact of Changes in Family Structure on Individuals’ Financial Risk Attitudes: A longitudinal analysis from the Netherlands
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Risk attitudes influence a wide range of financial decisions in the household, such as investments, consumption, and savings. It is, therefore, crucial to understand risk attitudes and how they change throughout the life cycle, in order to determine and predict economic behavior. READ MORE