A note on Representativeness and Household Finance

Dierkes Maik, Klos Alexander, Langer Thomas

Zusammenfassung

Previous research has shown that social households have a higher probability of owning risky assets. Using a representative sample of the German population, we demonstrate that the sociability effect is much stronger among people younger than 50.

Schlüsselwörter

Stock market participation; social interaction; household finance; representativeness

Zitieren als

Dierkes, M., Klos, A., & Langer, T. (2011). A note on Representativeness and Household Finance. Economics Letters, 113, 62–64.

Details

Publikationstyp
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschrift)

Begutachtet
Ja

Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht

Jahr
2011

Fachzeitschrift
Economics Letters

Band
113

Erste Seite
62

Letzte Seite
64

Sprache
Englisch

ISSN
0165-1765