For more Science Videos: https://lt.org/ * Different factors influence how households invest their savings. In this video, CHRISTIAN ZIMPELMANN explores the role that subjective beliefs about the stock market play in household investment decisions. * Gathering data on stock holdings in the Netherlands from administrative data, Zimpelmann brings this into dialogue with Dutch households’ expectations about the stock market gleaned from surveys. Optimistic beliefs about stock market performance are shown to give rise to more risky investment decisions. * Future research will explore the relevance of additional variables in such decisions as well as focusing on how beliefs affect other household choices relating to, for example, education and the labor market. * More information about the researcher: https://lt.org/publication/how-do-households-invest-their-savings This LT Publication is divided into the following chapters: 0:00 Question 2:23 Method 3:49 Findings 5:03 Relevance 6:40 Outlook
For more Science Videos: https://lt.org/ * Vinyl or analog records have experienced a tremendous upsurge in popularity over the last decade. In this video, DOMINIK BARTMANSKI analyzes the reasons underlying vinyl’s resurgence in an age where digital music seemed destined to wipe it out. * Employing
For more Science Videos: https://lt.org/ * It has been heretofore understood that patterns of cloudiness are controlled by large scale weather systems. In this video, BJORN STEVENS challenges this orthodoxy, arguing that small and intermediate scales of motion play a key role in determining the Eart
For more Science Videos: https://lt.org/ * Massive algae blooms appear in spring in certain bodies of water only to vanish within a number of weeks. In this video, BERNHARD M. FUCHS analyzes the degradation of such algae, exploring which organisms are involved and what they actually do. * Employing
