Search for dissertations about: "financial sector"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 155 swedish dissertations containing the words financial sector.

  2. 1. Essays in Financial Economics

    Author : Emanuel Alfranseder; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; GARCH; Spillover; Contagion; Financial Distress; Financial Constraints; Financial Crisis; Behavioral Finance; Equity Premium; Doubt; Pessimism;

    Abstract : Chapter 1 develops a framework to investigate the impact of the financial crisis starting in 2007 and employs an extended GARCH model to test for spillover and contagion effects originating from the financial sector. We find that the financial crisis affects financially distressed firms more heavily than non-distressed firms. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays of Financial Performance and Capital Structure

    Author : Lars Lindbergh; Lars G. Hassel; Michael B. Adams; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; financial accounting; financial statements; financial performance; capital structure; tax allowances; comparative studies; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four self-contained essays on financial performance and capital structure. Essay I assesses the strength of strategic inputs into profitability among firms within several sub-sectors within the industrial service sector in the U.S. and Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Financial Risks and the Subprime Crisis

    Author : Emanuel Alfranseder; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; GARCH; Spillover; Contagion; Financial Distress; Financial Constraints; Financial Crisis; Equity Premium; Doubt; Pessimism; ; Investment; Capital Structure; Bankruptcy Risk;

    Abstract : This thesis covers the impact of the financial crisis of 2007-2009, the non-linearity in the impact of bankruptcy risk on leverage and the effect of pessimism and doubt on the equity premium. It consists of four self-contained essays. READ MORE

  6. 4. Corporate Social Responsibility in the Swedish Financial Services Sector : Translating an Idea into Practice

    Author : Pauline Göthberg; Kent Eriksson; Lars Hallén; Lars Strannegård; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational institutionalism; translation; CSR; financial services sector; Sweden; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on how popular ideas in society influence corporate behavior, as corporations adapt to normative ideas in society in order to achieve legitimacy. However, we need more knowledge about how ideas influence organizations and what happens when ideas enter in an organizational context. READ MORE

  7. 5. Internal Control in the Financial Sector : A Longitudinal Case Study of an Insurance Company

    Author : Olof Arwinge; Fredrik Nilsson; Nils-Göran Olve; Stuart Turley; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internal Control; Risk Management; Governance; Combined Assurance; Audit; Intern kontroll; Riskhantering; Styrning; Ramverk för försäkran; Revision; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis comprises of an initial summary of Study I which is my licentiate thesis in business administration. Study I is a literature study on internal control. Thereafter follows Study II which is a case study of Swedish insurance organization. READ MORE