Search for dissertations about: "stock market movements"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words stock market movements.

2. 1. Essays on Stock Market Integration - On Stock Market Efficiency, Price Jumps and Stock Market Correlations

   Author : Yuna Liu; Tomas Sjögren; Jörgen Hellström; Mikael Bask; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Time-varying return predictability; Tests for jumps; International financial markets; Market structure; Common trading platform; Integration; Time-varying correlation; C-GARCH; Trust; Portfolio Diversification; Stock Market Participation; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers related to the change of market structure and the quality of equity market.In Paper [I] we found, by using of a Flexible Dynamic Component Correlations (FDCC) model, that the creation of a common cross-border stock trading platform has increased the long-run trends in conditional correlations between foreign and domestic stock market returns. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Financial Market Interdependence

   Author : Lu Liu; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Stock markets; commodity futures; extreme downside risk; regime-switching; correlations; diversification; market linkages; heterogeneity; EMU stock markets; dynamic panel data;

   Abstract : This thesis aims at investigating the risk spillover and correlations among national stock markets, and the structure of dependence between stocks and commodity futures. It consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 briefly reviews the literature background of financial market interdependence and summarizes the contribution of the thesis. READ MORE

5. 3. Stock data, trade durations, and limit order book information

   Author : Ola Simonsen; Kurt Brännäs; Johan Knif; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Finance; Maximum likelihood; Estimation; ACD; News; Multivariate; Intraday; Market; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis comprises four papers concerning trade durations and limit order book information. Paper [1], [2] and [4] study trader durations, e.g., the time between stock transactions in intra-day data. READ MORE

6. 4. Economic Implications of Corporate Social Responsibility and Responsible Investments

   Author : Cristiana Manescu; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Social Responsibility; Strategic CSR; Socially Responsible Investments; Sustainability; Firm Profitability; Stock Returns; Statistical Learning Techniques; Variable Selection; Smooth Splines; Regression Trees; Data Envelopment Analysis; Difference-GMM; Risk-Factor Test; Market Efficiency; Control Functions Approach.;

   Abstract : Paper 1 (with Catalin Starica): This study conducts an in-depth analysis of the association between a unique ten-dimensional set of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) scores and firm profitability, as measured by Return on Assets (ROA). We find that non-linear (semi or non-parametric) regression methods bring important improvements in explaining profitability relative to a classical linear approach. READ MORE

7. 5. Fertility, childcare and labour market : dynamics in time and space

   Author : Elena Kotyrlo; Magnus Wikström; Niklas Hanes; Giovanni Forchini; Anders Stenberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Paper [I] focuses on the effects of time and space dynamics on the description offertility in Sweden. Fertility is an important determinant of long-term populationgrowth and labour market conditions. The influence of time dynamics inpostponing or accelerating childbearing is assessed by considering two differenteffects of earnings. READ MORE