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Title:Asset market participation and portfolio choice over the life-cycle Author(s):FAGERENG, Andreas; GOTTLIEB, Charles; GUISO, LuigiDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2013/07Abstract:We study the life cycle of portfolio allocation following for 15 years a large random sample of Norwegian households using error-free data on all components of households’ investments drawn from the Tax Registry. Both, ...

Title:Does the Good Matter? Evidence on Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection from Consumer Credit Market Author(s):BICAKOVA, AlenaDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2007/02Abstract:Default rates on instalment loans vary with type of the good purchased. Using an Italian dataset of instalment loans between 1995-1999, we first show that the variation persists even after controlling for contract ...

Title:Dispositional optimism (and pessimism) and saving decisions Author(s):GREVENBROCK, Nils EUI affiliated

Date:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2019/09Abstract:In this paper I analyze the relationship between dispositional optimism (pessimism) and saving decisions. The key contribution of this paper is the use of direct psychometric measures of psychological dispositions as ...

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