Search for dissertations about: "stock prices"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 97 swedish dissertations containing the words stock prices.

2. 1. Essays on stock prices and exchange rates

   Author : Stefan Nydahl; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained essays:Essay 1 evaluates several time series models of exchange rate volatility to predict the daily volatility of the U.S. dollar versus the currencies of Germany, Canada and Japan. The models are compared both within-sample and out-of-sample with the main focus on the latter. READ MORE

4. 2. Growth, Factor Shares, and Factor Prices

   Author : Julius Probst; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; secular stagnation; labor share; imputations; asset prices; real interest rate; Zipf s law;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a study in empirical macroeconomic history. The first two papers concern themselves with the functional distribution of income. The third paper is an examination of global real interest rates, and the final paper examines city growth in Sweden over the last two hundred years. READ MORE

5. 3. Prices, profits and exchange rates

   Author : Richard Friberg; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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6. 4. Social Influence in Stock Markets

   Author : Maria Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social influence herding majority vs. minority influence stock markets financial incentives heuristic vs. systematic processing predictons behavioural finance;

   Abstract : Influences by others when making investments and predictions in stock markets, referred to as herding, is a widely discussed phenomenon in financial economics. This thesis aims to understand herding by applying theories of social influence. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Information and Conflicts of Interest in Stock Recommendations

   Author : Erik Lidén; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Stock recommendations; Printed media; Price-pressure hypothesis; Information hypothesis; Journalists; Analysts; EMH; Initiations; Information asymmetry; Initial public offerings; Quiet period; Underwriter analysts.;

   Abstract : This thesis brings together three separate empirical essays on the information and conflicts of interest in stock recommendations. The first essay analyzes stock-price reactions to recommendations published in printed Swedish media and also trading volumes at and around the publication day, bid/ask spreads, and the post-publication drift in recommended stocks for the period 1995-2000. READ MORE