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Risk Attitude and Investment Decisions across European Countries : Are Women More Conservative Investors Than Men? [PDF]

This study questions the popular stereotype that women are more risk averse than men in their investment decisions. The analysis is based on micro-level data from large-scale surveys of private households in five European countries.
Dorothea Schäfer, Nataliya Barasinska, Oleg Badunenko   +2 more
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The firm under uncertainty: capital structure and background risk [PDF]

This paper examines the interplay between the real and financial decisions of the competitive firm under output price uncertainty. The firm faces additional sources of uncertainty that are aggregated into a background risk.
Broll, Udo, Wong, Keith K.P.
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Retirement saving and attitude towards financial intermediaries: Evidence for Germany [PDF]

, 2008
People often disregard the need for individual savings for old-age although a decreasing rate of birth and an increasing life expectancy make it necessary to save additional money for retirement by using private or occupational pensions. Due to a lack of
Dummann, Kathrin
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Attitudes Toward Financial Professionals

, 2021
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Unobserved Heterogeneity: Evidence and Implications for SMEs' Hedging Behavior [PDF]

Financial research indicates that several firm characteristics are related to the use of derivatives. Less attention has been paid to the role of the characteristics of managers, which are particularly important when studying derivative usage of small ...
Garcia, Philip, Pennings, Joost M.E.
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Public Expenditure Accountability of the Indian Railways [PDF]

The Indian Railways (IR) is one of the chief logistics agents of the Government of India (GOI). Considering the significant GOI funding into IR, public expenditure accountability (PEA) becomes an issue of importance.
Raghuram, G., Venkataraman Krishnan
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MODERN SOLUTIONS FOR THE BANKING DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS: E-BANKING –STRATEGY, COST AND BENEFICTS [PDF]

The banking industry is expected to be a leading player in ebusiness. Banks have established an Internet presence with various objectives. Most of them are using the Internet as a new distribution channel.
Assist. Ph.D Panait Nicoleta
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Personality and the Consistency of Risk Taking Behavior: Experimental Evidence [PDF]

Researchers have found that an individual’s risk attitude is not stable across elicitation methods. Results reported by Deck et al. (2009) suggest that personality may help explain the apparent inconsistency, offering support to Borghans et al.’s (2008 ...
Cary Deck, Javier Reyes, Jungmin Lee
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Financial literacy, financial knowledge, and financial attitudes as antecedents of financial management behavior

Journal of Management and Business Insight
Purpose-Financial management issues challenge business actors, such as micro, small, and medium enterprises. A lack of understanding of financial concepts impacts business sustainability. This study analyzes the influence of financial literacy, financial knowledge, and financial attitudes on financial management behavior among micro, small, and medium ...
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What Does CEOs’ Personal Leverage Tell Us About Corporate Leverage? [PDF]

We find that firms behave remarkably similarly to how their CEOs behave personally when it comes to leverage choices. We start our analysis by compiling a comprehensive sample of home purchases and financings among S&P 1,500 CEOs. Debt financing in a CEO’
Cronqvist, Henrik, Makhija, Anil K., Yonker, Scott E.   +2 more
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