Search for dissertations about: "social lending"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 57 swedish dissertations containing the words social lending.

  2. 21. Banks, Shocks and Monetary Policy

    Author : Tamás Vasi; Nils Gottfries; Stefan Pitschner; Refet Gürkaynak; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary Policy; Financial Markets; Banks;

    Abstract : Essay 1: This paper studies the effect of monetary policy on the economy, distinguishing the effects of exogenous monetary policy shocks from information shocks that reveal the Federal Reserve's assessment of the economic outlook. To identify these two shocks, I exploit the difference in information content in public announcements by the Fed in its statements (released on decision days) and minutes of FOMC meetings (transcripts of the policy decision, released at a later date). READ MORE

  4. 22. Essays in empirical finance

    Author : Jieying Li; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : “Going Online? The Motive of Firms to Borrow from the Crowd” investigates firms’ motivation to seek crowdlending using a novel Swedish dataset. Firms that borrow from the crowd have higher growth rates and external financing demand, but lower tangibility and fewer available assets to pledge as collateral, compared with firms that borrow from banks. READ MORE

  5. 23. Empirical Essays in Finance

    Author : Jan Schnitzler; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Stock Price Elasticity and Control Ownership. Stocks included in the S&P 500 experience abnormal returns. Supporting a demand pressure explanation, this paper documents that the price impact is larger for stock of which a significant fraction is held by controlling shareholders. READ MORE

  6. 24. Savings, investment, and economic reforms in developing countries

    Author : Sara Johansson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of four chapters. Chapter 1: Introduction and summary of the thesis. This thesis consists of three essays (chapters 2-4) within the field of macroeconomics and development. The purpose of this first chapter is to provide an overview of the issues covered and the results obtained. READ MORE

  7. 25. Fasta förbindelser : En studie av låntagare hos sparbanken och informella kreditgivare i Sala 1860-1910

    Author : Hilda Hellgren; Mats Larsson; Gunilla Petersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; Informal lenders; private bankers; savings banks; Sala; personal relationships; credit; borrowers; lenders; local credit market; probate inventories; trust; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia;

    Abstract : The major question in this thesis is where private persons borrowed on a local credit market in 1860-1910. This study has focused on informal lenders (in other research often referred to as private bankers), from whom most of private persons borrowed during the 19th century, and the savings bank in Sala. READ MORE