Search for dissertations about: "portfolio choice"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 46 swedish dissertations containing the words portfolio choice.

  2. 16. Networks, Information and Economic Volatility

    Author : Graeme Cokayne; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Networks; Information; DeGroot; Portfolio Choice; Learning; Bayesian approach; MACROECONOMICS;

    Abstract : This thesis makes a contribution to network theory and how it applies to economics. It consists of three self-contained papers. It predominantly considers how connections between economic entities can affect economic outcomes. READ MORE

  4. 17. Family matters : Essays in Applied Microeconomics

    Author : Sara Mikkelsen; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Portfolio choice; Wealth; Children; Fertility; Consumption; Mobility; Paternity leave; Gender; Education; STEM; Sex composition; Twins; Income;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers in applied microeconomics with family as a common theme. The first paper documents how the financial portfolios of parents change in response to the birth of a child. READ MORE

  5. 18. After Work - Investing for Retirement

    Author : Evert Carlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Life-cycle; portfolio choice; pensions; Shiller-swap; defined contribution; defined benefit;

    Abstract : The first three papers are the result of work on various aspects of pension savings. The framework for analysis and common to all papers; is a life-cycle model of a borrowing-constrained individual's consumption- and portfolio-choices in the presence of uncertain labour-income. READ MORE

  6. 19. Essays on Share Repurchases and Equity Ownership

    Author : Jonas Råsbrant; Staffan Laestadius; Kenneth Högholm; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Share repurchases; Buybacks; Stock performance; Liquidity; Rights offerings; Equity ownership; Portfolio choice; Owner-managers; Stockholm Stock Exchange; NASDAQ OMX Stockholm;

    Abstract : This thesis comprises five empirical essays using Swedish data. Three of the essays examine open market share repurchases, one essay investigates changes in investors’ shareholdings surrounding equity rights offerings (ROs), and the last essay investigates owner-managers’ equity portfolio choices. READ MORE

  7. 20. Investment Decisions and Risk Preferences among Non-Professional Investors

    Author : Anders Karlsson; Lars Nordén; Paul Söderlind; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Portfolio Choice; Pension savings; home bias; individual investors; Style investing; Defined Contribution; Business and economics; Ekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : I analyze a large number of investment decisions based on theories that have been developed and formalized over the past 50 years. Previous work in this field unveils a number of biases which affect ones choices when the outcome is uncertain. READ MORE