Search for dissertations about: "investment behavior"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 74 swedish dissertations containing the words investment behavior.

2. 1. Political risks in international business : investment behavior of multinational corporations

   Author : Lars H. Thunell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Multinationella företag; Investering;

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4. 2. Essays on Firm Turnover, Growth, and Investment Behavior in Ethiopian Manufacturing

   Author : Mulu G Gebreeyesus; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; firm turnover; productivity; firm growth; investment; adjustment cost; irreversibility; manufacturing; Africa; Ethiopia.;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the dynamics and investment behavior of Ethiopian manufacturing firms in post-reform period using establishment level industrial census panel data from 1996 to 2003. Three related topics such as firm turnover and productivity differentials, determinants of firm growth, and the effect of adjustment cost and irreversibility on firm investment decisions are investigated empirically. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Risks in Investment Strategies

   Author : Ian Khrashchevskyi; Ai Jun Hou; Jarkko Peltomäki; Mika Vaihekoski; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; investment strategies; risk; hedging; diversification; derivatives; safe haven; investor behavior; financial education; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Abstract : This dissertation contains three articles, which investigate different types of risks investors encounter during the investment process.Article I investigates the relation between macroeconomic risk and higher-moment moment risk premia. READ MORE

6. 4. The State as Investment Market : An Analytical Framework for Interpreting Politics and Bureaucracy in Kyrgyzstan

   Author : Johan Engvall; Li Bennich-Björkman; Svante Cornell; Astrid Hedin; Henry Hale; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Kyrgyzstan; state; investment market; sale of public offices; corruption; politics; bureaucracy; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : What type of state has emerged in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, and what kind of theoretical framework must we develop to understand its behavior and performance? This study argues that the logic of political and bureaucratic organization follows that of an investment market in which public offices are purchased with the expectation of yielding a favorable return. This theory represents a novel perspective on the post-communist state which has hitherto either been premised on modernization theory or emphasized a robustly personalistic logic of political organization. READ MORE

7. 5. The Dynamic Behavior of Prices and Investment: Financial Constraints and Customer Markets

   Author : Magnus Lundin; Nils Gottfries; Robert Chirinko; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Customer Markets; Financial Constraints; Price Equation; Investment Equation; User Cost of Capital; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Chapter II (with Nils Gottfries and Charlotte Bucht) explores the interaction between prices and investment. We construct a dynamic model of a financially constrained firm making pricing and investment decisions. READ MORE