Search for dissertations about: "retirement saving"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words retirement saving.

  2. 6. Retirement Planning: Portfolio Choice for Long-Term Investors

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

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers. Common to the first three papers is the framework for analysis; a life-cycle model of a borrowing-constrained individual's consumption- and portfolio choices in the presence of uncertain labour income. The income process, taxes and pension systems are also realistically calibrated. READ MORE

  4. 7. Essays on Portfolio Choice and Wealth Inequality

    Author : Zoltan Racz; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis consists of three self-contained chapters. In chapter 1, I analyze a model of saving and portfolio choice and show that jointly matching saving, debt taking and housing decisions over the life-cycle also enables a good fit of portfolio choice patterns over the wealth distribution. READ MORE

  5. 8. New Frontiers in Behavioral Interventions : Harnessing Digital Technology to Change Behavior

    Author : Nurit Nobel; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : An increasingly sedentary lifestyle, rising levels of household debt, global warming—many of society’s most pressing challenges have one contributing factor in common: human behavior. Many people have lofty goals involving physical activity, retirement saving or sustainable behavior. READ MORE

  6. 9. Governing citizens in the age of financialization: A study of Swedish financial education

    Author : Jane Pettersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial education; Sweden; financialization of everyday life; governmentality; emotions; ethnography; problematization;

    Abstract : In contemporary Western capitalist societies, the state has increasingly withdrawn from its role as welfare provider, while financial institutions, actors, products, and narratives play an increasingly important part not only in global and national economies, but also in everyday life and thus for societies as a whole. This development is described by scholars as financialization and the financialization of everyday life. READ MORE