Search for dissertations about: "Informational Asymmetries"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Informational Asymmetries.

  2. 1. Essays on Informational Asymmetries in Mergers and Acquisitions

    Author : Aron Berg; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mergers and acquisitions; investments; asymmetric information; stock misvaluation; financial frictions; capital structure; antitrust policy; Mergers and acquisitions; Investments; Asymmetric information; Stock misvaluation; Financial frictions; Capital structure; Antitrust policy;

    Abstract : This thesis covers issues related to financing in mergers and acquisitions. It studies the relationship between firms’ financing conditions and firms’ decisions to either buy or sell assets. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on Foreclosures and Housing Debt

    Author : Herman Donner; Mats Wilhelmsson; Han-Suck Song; Arno van der Vlist; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Real Estate Economics; Housing; Foreclosure; Mortgage; Hedonic Modeling; Propensity-Score Matching; Informational Asymmetries; Matching Theory; Real Estate and Construction Management; Fastigheter och byggande; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the field of real estate economics, and specifically, the market for single-family homes. The first three essays examine sales of foreclosed properties, while essay four is on the conversion process of rental apartments to owner-occupied units in the co-operative form. READ MORE

  5. 3. Corporate Ownership and Liquidity in China’s Stock Markets

    Author : Mingfa Ding; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political connections; QFII; Foreign institutional investor; Liquidity; Block ownership; Real friction; Informational friction; Information asymmetries; Trading activity;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an introduction and three self-contained chapters that address liquidity issues related to corporate ownership in the Chinese stock markets. The first paper provides new insight into the relation between foreign institutional investors and stock liquidity by employing the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) scheme in the Chinese stock markets. READ MORE

  6. 4. On price formation and quantity adjustment in Swedish housing markets

    Author : Katinka Hort; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays on price formation and quantity adjustment in Swedish markets for owner-occupied houses.Essay I: As a means of describing the time-series behaviour of single-family house prices, univariate forecasting equations are estimated by seemingly unrelated regression techniques using data for 20 urban areas over the period 1967-92. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays on commitment and inefficiency in political economy

    Author : Elena Paltseva; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation is devoted to the analysis of various aspects of inefficiency in the political economy. It consists of four self-containing theoretical essays. The first two chapters deal with the interplay between inefficiency and commitment. Chapter 1 studies the problem of commitment in autocratic regimes and its implications for growth. READ MORE