Search for dissertations about: "finance and investment"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words finance and investment.
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1. Bureaucracy, Informality and Taxation : Essays in Development Economics and Public Finance
Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay 1, "Dispatchers", is a study of a specialized service sector that has arisen in many developing countries.It is a well-established fact that the government bureaucracy in many developing countries is large, difficult to understand, non-transparent and time-consuming. READ MORE
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2. Credit and Finance in the Macroeconomy
Abstract : Agency Costs, Net Worth and Endogenous Business Fluctuations. This essay proposes a theory of endogenous business fluctuations. A central tenet of the theory is that investment decisions depend upon entrepreneurs' incentive to exert effort and investors' incentive to control entrepreneurs. READ MORE
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3. Nonlinear and Nonparametric Dynamical Methods in Economics and Finance
Abstract : The objectives of the thesis - which comprises six parts – can be summarized in i) implementing linear and nonlinear/nonparametric approaches toward detecting, measuring and analyzing the nature and directionality of causal relationships in financial markets, ii) elaborating on modern topics in financial investment analysis, iii) probing into the role of commodity futures in constructing optimal portfolios as well as iv) investigating growth dynamics via aggregated and disaggregated indices.The first paper named “Analyzing causal interactions between sectoral equity returns and commodity futures returns in the aftermath of the global financial crisis: The case of the US and EU equity returns”, aims to explore and compare the dependence and co-movement structure between commodity and various asset classes’ returns including the USA and EU stock markets via the use of linear and non-linear causality testing in a comparative context with the additional adjustment for cointegration and conditional heteroscedasticity. READ MORE
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4. Essays on Financial Technology and SME Finance : A Tale of Two Effects of the Global Financial Crisis: Financing SMEs and Innovative Financing
Abstract : The financial crisis of 2008-2009 took place exactly half a century after the publication of the seminal Modigliani and Miller (M&M) theorem, often called the capital structure irrelevance principle. This timing is curious since the crisis has highlighted the significance of deviations from assumptions of this theorem, i.e. READ MORE
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5. Equity Crowdfunding: What about the Crowd?
Abstract : This thesis is about equity crowdfunding (ECF), and the crowd that makes its existence possible. ECF is a financing method for start-ups and firms that need equity capital to grow their businesses. During an “equity crowdfunding campaign”, entrepreneurs raise funds from a diverse crowd on an online platform, offering shares in return. READ MORE
