Search for dissertations about: "Marieke Bos"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Marieke Bos.

  2. 1. Essays on Household Finance

    Author : Marieke Bos; Eskil Wadensjö; Luigi Guiso; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Consumer credit; Alternative credit; Pawn credit; Lending policy; Credit Scoring; Immigrants; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The thesis consists of three self-contained essays on household finance.  “Pawn Credit and the Importance of Financial Exclusion” explores the importance of access to regular credit to the demand for pawn credit. READ MORE

  4. 2. An Economic Backbone of Development : Essays in Financial and Political Economy

    Author : Jon Olofsson; Andreas Madestam; Björn Tyrefors; Marieke Bos; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial Economics; Development Economics; Banking; Innovation; Industrial Development; Political Economy; Police; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Local Banking and Historical Innovation: the Effect of Swedish Savings BanksHow does access to credit affect innovation at the early stages of development? This essay uses digitized records from the Swedish savings banks movement, in combination with novel data on the universe of historical patenting, to study how savings banks affected innovation in Sweden between 1900 and 1949, a period when the country was still a developing economy. READ MORE