Search for dissertations about: "dividend policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words dividend policy.

  2. 1. Do Dividend Changes Really Signal? : Evidence from Sweden

    Author : Per Alkebäck; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Dividend policy; joint announcements; dividend initiations and omissions; dividend changes and surrounding quarterly and annual earnings; and the management s view of dividends; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The purpose of the studies in this thesis is to clarify and hopefully shed some light on one important issue in dividend policy: the market reaction to announcements of cash dividends (changes) on the Swedish market.The first study, Joint Dividend and Earnings Announcements, Firm Size and Tax Law Changes, examines stock price reaction to joint dividend and earnings announcements. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on environmental policy analysis : computable general equilibrium approaches applied to Sweden

    Author : Martin Hill; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays within the field of applied environmental economics, with the common basic aim of analyzing effects of Swedish environmental policy. Starting out from Swedish environmental goals, the thesis assesses a range of policy-related questions. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Incomplete Information in Financial Markets

    Author : Frederik Lundtofte; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Financial science; Finansiering; ekonomisk teori; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; factor pricing models; hedging demands; estimation risk; partial information; learning; economic systems;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays on incomplete information in financial markets, two of which are theoretical, and one that is mainly of an empirical nature. All three essays concern parameter uncertainty, and they employ a continuous-time framework. READ MORE

  6. 4. 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

  7. 5. Family Control in Swedish Public Companies : Implications for Firm Performance, Dividends and CEO Cash Compensation

    Author : Carl Oreland; Martin Holmén; Per Johansson; Steen Thomsen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family Control; Firm Performance; Heirs; Dividends; Tax Policy; CEO; Pay-Performance Relationship; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1 examines the relationship between family control and firm performance, approximated by Tobin’s Q, in Swedish listed firms. In contrast to previous work on Swedish data, I take into account the effect of the family controlling the CEO-position. READ MORE