Browsing College of Human Sciences by Subject "G11"

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All their eggs in one basket : portfolio diversification of US households

Kelly, Morgan (Elsevier Science B.V., 1995-06)

This paper uses data from the Survey of Consumer Finances to assess how well mean-variance efficiency describes the portfolio diversification of US households. It does not seem to work well. The median stockholder owns a ...
A portfolio analysis of industrial structure

Barry, Frank ; Kearney, Colm (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2003-03)

Industrial sectors producing income-elastic products can grow rapidly but are highly vulnerable to fluctuations in the world economy. Policymakers need to take into account this trade-off between output and employment ...