Search for dissertations about: "Credit Market"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 66 swedish dissertations containing the words Credit Market.

2. 1. Essays on Credit Risk

   Author : Caren Guo Nielsen; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Asset pricing; equity returns; size effect; value effect; momentum effect; credit risk effect; credit default swap; banks; asset risk; credit risk; portfolio choice; risk-based capital regulation; bank bailouts; moral hazard; distress risk; capital injections; TARP; CPP; market discipline; financial crisis;

   Abstract : This dissertation covers the issues related to credit risk that stem from the recent financial crisis and that are concerned by investors, financial intermediaries, and governments. The results of the research have important implications for asset managers, such as using the information from the credit risk market to rebalance stock portfolios, and for policy makers in regulating or bailing out banks. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Credit Ratings

   Author : Anamaria Cociorva; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; credit ratings; financial constraints; bond index; credit rating standards; rating conservatism; time variation in credit ratings; secular trends; Credit Rating Agencies;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained articles, all of which contribute to the empirical research on credit ratings. Broadly speaking, the first two papers highlight two less ordinary “uses” of credit ratings, in the context of (1) measuring financial constraints and (2) bond market segmentation. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Corporate Growth and Corporate Credit Risk

   Author : Mehmet Caglar Kaya; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gazelle Growth; Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; Competition; Venture Capital Finance; Policy; Credit Risk; Credit Default Swap; CDS Spread; Stock Illiquidity; Information Asymmetry; Market Interconnectedness; Capital Structure; Leverage; Credit Ratings; Accounting;

   Abstract : This doctoral dissertation contributes to research on financial economics. It consists of an overall introduction and three independent papers. The first paper, “A Theory of Gazelle Growth: Competition, Venture Capital Finance, and Policy,” examines how young fast-growing small firms, called gazelles, develop. READ MORE

6. 4. Renewable Energy Market for Rural Electrification in Developing Countries: Country Case Nepal

   Author : Brijesh Mainali; Semida Silveira; Björn Kjellström; KTH; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; renewable energy; rural electrification; off-grid; financing; subsidy; credit; equity; market; extensive growth; intensive growth; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The availability of abundant renewable resources, lack of fossil fuels and difficult geographical terrain for grid line extensions contribute to the advantages of renewable based decentralized rural electrification in Ne-pal. Solar home system (SHS) and micro-hydro are the most commonly adopted off-grid renewable energy technologies in the country. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on credit markets and banking

   Author : Ulf Holmberg; Kurt Brännäs; Jörgen Hellström; Peter Englund; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; financial stability; credit market; banking; agent based model; simulations; disequilibrium; clearing market; business cycle; risk; organization; ekonometri; Econometrics; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers related to banking, credit markets and financial stability.    Paper [I] presents a credit market model and finds, using an agent based modeling approach, that credit crunches have a tendency to occur; even when credit markets are almost entirely transparent in the absence of external shocks. READ MORE