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Lay actions in the face of crisis—Swedish citizens’ actions in response to the global financial crisis of 2008

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  • Söderberg, Inga-Lill
  • Wester, Misse

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This study goes beyond attitudes and behavioral indications as response to risk perceptions and focuses on actual behavior of laypeople. We report the results from a survey, conducted among a sample of Swedish citizens in the spring of 2009, looking at lay actions as responses to the financial crisis of 2008.

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  • Söderberg, Inga-Lill & Wester, Misse, 2012. "Lay actions in the face of crisis—Swedish citizens’ actions in response to the global financial crisis of 2008," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 41(6), pages 796-805.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:soceco:v:41:y:2012:i:6:p:796-805
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2012.08.007
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    Keywords

    Financial crisis; Risk perception; Laypeople; Action; Logistic regression;
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    JEL classification:

    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household

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