Search for dissertations about: "household investment decisions"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words household investment decisions.
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1. Risk, Relative Standing and Property Rights: Rural Household Decision-Making in China
Abstract : Paper 1 examines the concern for relative standing among rural households in China. We used a survey-experimental method to measure to what extent poor Chinese farmers care about their relative income and found that the respondents cared to a high degree. READ MORE
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2. Risk and Rates of Time Preferences of Farm Households in Ethiopia: Implications on land investment decisions
Abstract : Summary Paper 1: Risk Preferences of Farm Households in Ethiopia: Implications to Land Investment Decisions This paper measures farmers' attitude towards risk using an experimental approach for a sample of 262 farm households in Ethiopian highlands. We find more than 50 percent of the households in severe to extreme risk aversion category, unlike similar studies in Asia, where the vast majorities are found under moderate to intermediate risk aversion category. READ MORE
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3. Essays on Income Risk, Portfolio Choices and the Macroeconomy
Abstract : Business cycle asymmetry of earnings pass-throughHow does the firm's role as an insurance provider vary over the business cycle? Using Swedish administrative data, I document that idiosyncratic firm productivity shocks are passed through workers' earnings asymmetrically. In non-recessions, firms are good insurers against negative shocks. READ MORE
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4. Essays on heterogeneity and uncertainty in climate policy and development
Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers focusing on the role of heterogeneity and uncertainty in the context of climate change policy and agricultural development. By using intra-household data, the first paper illustrates differences in spouses’ perception of climatic risks and its effect on household’s adoption of climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa. READ MORE
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5. Credit and Finance in the Macroeconomy
Abstract : Agency Costs, Net Worth and Endogenous Business Fluctuations. This essay proposes a theory of endogenous business fluctuations. A central tenet of the theory is that investment decisions depend upon entrepreneurs' incentive to exert effort and investors' incentive to control entrepreneurs. READ MORE