Search for dissertations about: "commercial banks"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words commercial banks.

  2. 1. Essays on Performance and Growth in Swedish Banking

    Author : Pål Sjöberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Swedish banking; degree of competition; Lerner indexes; entry barriers; contestability; commercial banks; savings banks; branch banks; unit banks; GMM estimation; dynamic panel data model; firm growth; Gibrat’s law of proportionate effect; technological change; local banking markets; entry thresholds; ordered probit model; Poisson model.;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with performance and growth in the Swedish banking sector, in an era following important changes such as the globalisation of financial markets, the harmonisation of legislation (e.g. the EU banking directives) and the implementation of new technology, such as Internet banking and other electronic delivery channels. READ MORE

  4. 2. Two Essays on Performance and Growth in Swedish Banking

    Author : Pål Sjöberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Swedish banking; conduct parameter; mark-up donw s; deregulation; consolidation; branch banks; unit banks; commercial banks; savings banks; non-linear seemingly unrelated estimation; GMM system estimation; Gibrat s law; ;

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  5. 3. European Banks and the Rise of International Finance after Bretton Woods (1973–1982)

    Author : Carlo Edoardo Altamura; Mats Larsson; Richard Roberts; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Commercial banks; Euromarket; Financialisation; Oil Crisis; Petrodollars; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : The 1970s is a crucial decade for understanding the modern financial landscape but it is still relatively unexplored in financial history. It was marked by the end of the Bretton Woods regime, the gradual liberalisation of finance, the return of banking crises and two massive energy crises. READ MORE

  6. 4. Behind the counter. Female inroads, obstacles and careers in the Swedish commercial bank sector, 1885-1937

    Author : Kajsa Holmberg; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; occupational feminisation; commercial banks; sex-typing; gender; job queues; labour queues;

    Abstract : This study investigates the feminisation of the Swedish commercial bank sector between 1885 and 1937, during which time the female labour share increased from 10 to 27 per cent. More specifically, it is examined why the banks hired women, and why they did not hire women to an even greater extent. READ MORE

  7. 5. Commercial Banking and Economic Development The Lebanese Experience 1856-1974

    Author : Ali Abou-Zeinab; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic history; banking history; Lebanon; Commercial banking; Free banking; Ekonomisk och social historia;

    Abstract : This thesis emphasises the role of commercial banks as financial intermediaries. It is primarily concerned with the development of the commercial banking system of Lebanon in the period 1856-1974, and assesses the role of the commercial banking system in Lebanon, as capital provider to economic development. READ MORE