Estimation of households’ financial risk-taking over the business cycle in Lithuania

Abstract

Households’ financial risk-taking over the business cycle in Lithuania analyzed in the final master thesis. The sixth degree polynomial, correlation and multiple regression analysis methods have been used to evaluate habits of households’ investment into financial assets. The first chapter of the master thesis covers the concept of a household from the national accounts perspective, importance of financial accounts in a framework of national accounts, different types of financial assets distinguished according to the level of risks involved, concept of a business cycle according to various authors provided. The second chapter of the master thesis includes description of data‘s availability, methodological clarifying of the research provided. The third chapter of the master thesis provides the analysis of household‘s financial portfolio structure, investigation of households’ investment tendencies economic fluctuations in Lithuania, evaluated the influence of cyclical fluctuations on households’ investment into financial assets, using regression analysis. The finishing part of the master thesis provides conclusions of the analysis and evaluation done.