This paper studies the investment decision of the Spanish households using a unique data set, the Spanish Survey of Household Finance (EFF). We propose a theoretical model in which households, given a fixed investment in housing, allocate their net wealth across bank time deposits, stocks, and...

We present a house price-at-risk (HaR) model that fits the historical developments in the Spanish housing market. By means of quantile regressions we show that a model including quarterly real house price growth, a misalignment measure and a consumer confidence index is able to accurately...

We examine the effect of the short-selling ban implemented in 2011 on Spanish stocks on the level of risk in the banking sector. Before the ban, short positions are found to be positive and significantly related to the creditworthiness of medium-sized banks, less internationally diversified and...