Search for dissertations about: "creditor rights"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words creditor rights.

  2. 1. Creditor Rights and Innovation : Evidence from China

    Author : Qing Xia; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In this paper I investigate if and how strengthening creditor rights enables firms to engage in more innovation activities, using the enactment of a new property law in China as a natural experiment. By using a newly constructed measure of land unavailability, I find that firms in cities where construction is more constrained by geography substitute short-term debt with long-term debt, hold less internal cash, invest more on intangible assets and eventually generate more patents after the enactment of the law. READ MORE

  4. 2. 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

  5. 3. Labor, Trade and Finance : Essays in Applied Economics

    Author : Mengyi Cao; Mårten Palme; Mikael Lindahl; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Human Capital; Education; Home Equity; International Trade; Pension Plan; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: Credit Constraint and College Attendance. This paper shows that housing wealth alleviate credit constraints for potential college attendees by enabling home owners to extract equity from their property and invest it in the education. READ MORE