Search for dissertations about: "doctoral thesis in stock markets"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 107 swedish dissertations containing the words doctoral thesis in stock markets.

2. 1. Empirical essays on financial markets, firms, and derivatives

   Author : Niclas Hagelin; Ingrid M. Werner; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial markets; Stock markets; Future markets; Options; Derivates; Hedging; Derivathandel; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained studies. The first three investigate the impact of derivatives on the markets for the underlying assets, while the other two examine how and why firms use derivatives. A summary of each of the five studies follows. READ MORE

4. 2. Social Influence in Stock Markets

   Author : Maria Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social influence herding majority vs. minority influence stock markets financial incentives heuristic vs. systematic processing predictons behavioural finance;

   Abstract : Influences by others when making investments and predictions in stock markets, referred to as herding, is a widely discussed phenomenon in financial economics. This thesis aims to understand herding by applying theories of social influence. READ MORE

5. 3. Peasants and Stock Markets : Pathways from Collective Farming in the Post-Soviet Grain-Belt

   Author : Brian Kuns; Anders Wästfelt; Mats Widgren; Jennifer Clapp; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agrarian change; environmental history; Ukraine; Russia; U.S.S.R.; large-scale agriculture; agroholdings; financialization; smallholders; peasants; irrigation; uneven development; actor network theory; multi-sited and mixed methods; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

   Abstract : What happened in the post-Soviet, European grain-belt after collective farms were dissolved and in what way can we say that collective farm legacies influence agrarian developments in this region today? These are the main questions of this thesis, which is a work of critical human geography, but is also inspired by theories, methods and approaches from the social sciences, broadly defined. Territorially, the focus is Ukraine, but several articles in this thesis take a wider geographic perspective beyond Ukraine, in particular taking into account the role of Nordic investors in the agrarian sector in Ukraine and Russia. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Balkan frontier stock markets

   Author : Goran Zafirov; Lars Nordén; Björn Hagströmer; Dejan Šoškić; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; frontier stock markets; privatisation; liquidity; liquidity premium; order book; transparency; price discovery; frontier aktiemarknad; privatisering; likviditet; likviditetspremie; orderbok; transparens; prisbildning; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Abstract : This dissertation consists of four chapters dealing with Balkan frontier markets, their design and performance. Chapter I provides an introduction to these markets and presents additional information necessary for the reader to understand these markets. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on the Scandinavian Stock Markets

   Author : Jonas Söderberg; Ghazi Shukur; Carsten Tanggaard; Växjö universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Scandinavian stock markets; Liquidity; Market microstructure theory; Liquidity spillover; Vector autoregression analysis; Forecasting; Out-of-sample tests; Copulas; Risk management; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained empirical essays related to the stock markets in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.In Essay I, the time-series dynamics of liquidity on the Scandinavian stock exchanges between January 1993 and June 2005 are studied with liquidity indices. READ MORE