Search for dissertations about: "Economic distress"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 swedish dissertations containing the words Economic distress.

  2. 1. Essays on Capital Structure

    Author : Hossein Asgharian; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; Extreme Bound Analysis; Selection bias; Lisrel; Semiparametric; Nonparametric; Financial distress; Panel data analysis; Leverage; Capital structure; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

    Abstract : Chapter 2 analyses the relationship between capital structure and industry classification of Swedish firms. This study also analyses the determinants of the capital structure at the industry level. READ MORE

  4. 2. Market structure and economic status for firms producing single-family houses in Sweden

    Author : Fredrik Lindblad; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Wooden Houses; Wooden single-family houses; Wooden multi- family houses; Financial Performance; Risk Position; Economic distress; Z- score model; Industry Structure; Productivity; Off-site construction; Industry concentration; Maskinteknik; Mechanical Engineering;

    Abstract : The gradually changing behavior of the population, towards urbanization, ledto an increased shortage of available housing. This development has resultedin a serious issue in Sweden, where too few firms are providing solutions formulti-family houses in wood. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Financial Risks and the Subprime Crisis

    Author : Emanuel Alfranseder; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; GARCH; Spillover; Contagion; Financial Distress; Financial Constraints; Financial Crisis; Equity Premium; Doubt; Pessimism; ; Investment; Capital Structure; Bankruptcy Risk;

    Abstract : This thesis covers the impact of the financial crisis of 2007-2009, the non-linearity in the impact of bankruptcy risk on leverage and the effect of pessimism and doubt on the equity premium. It consists of four self-contained essays. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Smallholder Diversification, Industry Location, Debt Relief, and Disability and Utility

    Author : Sven Tengstam; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Zambia; agriculture; income diversification; structural change; poverty; global clothing industry; new economic geography; comparative advantages; industrial agglomeration; HIPC; debt relief; debt overhang; investment; incentives; disability; mobility impairment; marginal utility; hypothetical lotteries; risk.;

    Abstract : Essay 1 Smallholder Income Diversification in Zambia: The Way Out of Poverty? This paper investigates the relationship between income diversification (combinations of farm income, agricultural wage work, non-agricultural wage work, and own-business income) and income within Zambian smallholder households. Shifting to a higher degree of diversification is found to be associated with getting higher income per laborer. READ MORE

  7. 5. Regional diversity and economic performance

    Author : Sofia Wixe; Johan Klaesson; Börje Johansson; Frank Van Oort; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four individual papers. In each paper the relationship between some form of spatial diversity and economic performance is analyzed. Diversity is treated as a potential source of externality effects, mainly in the form of knowledge spillovers. READ MORE