Search for dissertations about: "Cost of Capital"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 182 swedish dissertations containing the words Cost of Capital.

2. 1. Essays of Financial Performance and Capital Structure

   Author : Lars Lindbergh; Lars G. Hassel; Michael B. Adams; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; financial accounting; financial statements; financial performance; capital structure; tax allowances; comparative studies; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four self-contained essays on financial performance and capital structure. Essay I assesses the strength of strategic inputs into profitability among firms within several sub-sectors within the industrial service sector in the U.S. and Sweden. READ MORE

4. 2. On Determination of Inventory Cost Parameters

   Author : Peter Berling; Produktionsekonomi; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Produktionsteknik; Production technology; Transportteknik; Transport technology; Ordering cost; Shortage cost; Capital cost; Holding cost; Inventory control; Real options;

   Abstract : Efficient inventory control depends on correct values of inventory cost parameters, such as holding costs, shortage/stockout costs and ordering/setup costs. However, there exists surprisingly little research concerning the size of these parameters or how they should be determined. This thesis is devoted to increasing our knowledge of these matters. READ MORE

5. 3. Societal Impacts of Modern Conscription : Human Capital, Social Capital and Criminal Behaviour

   Author : Daniel Almén; Heléne Berg; Mårten Palme; Yann Algan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Conscription; Military; Human Capital; Social Capital; Civic Engagement; Crime; Criminal Behaviour; Labour Market; Election Participation; Nation-building; School for the Nation; Opportunity Cost; Welfare State; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Opportunity Costs and Conscription: An Unintended Progressive Tax?Throughout history to present days, policymakers, social commentators and others have oftentimes viewed conscription as a natural extension of secondary education, and an important institution for vocational training. This paper uses Swedish administrative data and exploits a reform in 2004, implying a sudden downsizing of the military, to identify the causal effects of peacetime conscription on later labour market outcomes and education. READ MORE

6. 4. On the Cost of Capital, Profits and the Diffusion of Ideas

   Author : Has van Vlokhoven; Timo Boppart; Per Krusell; Jan Eeckhout; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cost of capital; Profit share; Capital share; Labor share; Markups; Marginal products; International capital markets; Firm life cycle; Firm entry; Technology diffusion; Search; Networks; Productivity distribution; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Estimating the Cost of Capital and the Profit Share Compensation of the factor of production capital is not directly observed since most firms own part of their capital stock. I develop a new method to estimate capital compensation. READ MORE

7. 5. Corporate Tax Integration and the Cost of Capital

   Author : Tobias Lindhe; Paolo Panteghini; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Corporate Tax Integration; Economic Double Taxation; International Double Taxation; Cost of Capital; the New View of Equity; the Traditional View of Equity; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of an introduction and three self-contained chapters.Chapter I summarizes and relates the thesis to a larger context in the area of corporate tax integration. In particular, the main findings are related to the ongoing tax harmonization debate within the EU. READ MORE