Search for dissertations about: "Finance and accounting"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words Finance and accounting.

  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. Essays on Corporate Growth and Corporate Credit Risk

    Author : Mehmet Caglar Kaya; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : 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

  5. 3. The Law BusinessmanTM : Five Essays on Legal Self-efficacy and Business Risk

    Author : Fredrik Jörgensen; Bino Catasús; Gunnar Rimmel; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; legal self-efficacy; legal effectiveness; legal terminology; trade credit; institutional effectiveness; mechanisms of risk reduction; public order; private order; legal family; leverage; long term debt; legal efficiency; trade sanctions; debt maturity; creditor rights; corporate governance; Luhmann; Russia; Central and Eastern Europe; legal sociology; law and finance; law and economics; legal studies; legal consciousness; self-efficacy; rättssjälvtillit; rättseffektivitet; kreditrisk; handelskredit; sanktioner; institutionell effektivitet; redovisningssjälvtillit; riskreduceringsmekanismer offentliga och privata; rättsfamilj; handelssanktioner; långsiktiga skulder; kortsiktiga skulder; borgenärsrättitgheter; handelssanktioner; corporate governance; Luhmann; Ryssland; Central och Östeuropa; rättssociologi; rätt och finans; rättsekonomi; juridik; rättsmedvetandet; självtillit; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : The thesis challenges the notion of effectiveness of law as being based on the formal institutions of courts, law enforcement and written law. It argues that the best way to measure the effectiveness of law is the legal self-efficacy of laymen who are the end users of law.  It presents a new perspective on the effectiveness of law. READ MORE

  6. 4. Stock data, trade durations, and limit order book information

    Author : Ola Simonsen; Kurt Brännäs; Johan Knif; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Finance; Maximum likelihood; Estimation; ACD; News; Multivariate; Intraday; Market; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis comprises four papers concerning trade durations and limit order book information. Paper [1], [2] and [4] study trader durations, e.g., the time between stock transactions in intra-day data. READ MORE

  7. 5. Risk matters : studies in finance, trade and politics

    Author : Jonas Vlachos; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained empirical essays. In the first essays "Markets for Risk and Openness to Trade: How are They Related?" (with Helena Svaleryd), we ask if there is an empirical relationship between financial development and openness to trade. READ MORE