Equity fund ownership and the cross-regional diversification of household risk

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-102

  Becker, Sascha O ^a,c,d   Hoffmann, Mathias ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumption risk sharing; Labor income risk; Portfolio choice; Regional home bias; Stock market participation; Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW)

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350222215     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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