Search for dissertations about: "financial stability of households"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words financial stability of households.

  2. 1. Housing finance methods in urban Tanzania : The case of households in Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Author : Egino Millanzi; Mats Wilhelmsson; Agnes Mwasumbi; Washington H.A. Olima; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Housing finance; finance methods; finance system; urban development; Bostadsfinansiering; finansieringsmetoder; finanssystem; stadsutveckling; Fastigheter och byggande; Real Estate and Construction Management;

    Abstract : Effective housing finance methods require the interrelationships between the housing finance system components such as banking and capital markets, land registry, the housing sector, and macroeconomic and socioeconomic aspects. Nonetheless, despite the exclusion of the majority of the households by formal long-term housing finance methods, Tanzania has experienced substantial improvement in housing development in the last two decades. READ MORE

  4. 2. Portfolio-based segmentation and consumer behavior : empirical evidence and methodological issues

    Author : Jonas Gunnarsson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Recent work in the area of retail financial services marketing almost invariably cite the deregulation of national and international financial markets as a major reason as to why financial institutions have a need for better knowledge of their customers' behaviors and needs. Among the most sought-after information are better ways to segment and target the market, that is, how do groups of households behave with regards to their savings and investments, why do they behave in certain ways, how can we reach them and how do they respond to marketing activities? In this thesis we will attempt to shed light on some salient aspects of the first two of these four questions. READ MORE

  5. 3. When and why is pre-treatment of substrates for anaerobic digestion useful?

    Author : My Carlsson; Hinrich Uellendahl; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Waste Science and Technology; Avfallsteknik;

    Abstract : Anaerobic digestion (AD) plays a key role in the recovery of renewable energy, in the form of biogas, and nutrients from waste materials. Pre-treatment of AD substrates has the potential to improve process performance in terms of increased methane yield and solids reduction, but pretreatments are not yet widely implemented into full-scale AD systems. READ MORE

  6. 4. Family and Friends : Essays on Applied Microeconometrics

    Author : Arna Vardardottir; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis consists of 4 self-contained chapters, bound together by their focus on household behavior and social interaction: Bargaining over Risk: The Impact of Decision Power on Household Portfolios. This paper provides an analysis of the internal financial decision-making process of households, employing a unique panel of household finances of the entire Swedish population. READ MORE