Search for dissertations about: "unit banks"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words unit banks.

  2. 1. Essays on Performance and Growth in Swedish Banking

    Author : Pål Sjöberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Swedish banking; degree of competition; Lerner indexes; entry barriers; contestability; commercial banks; savings banks; branch banks; unit banks; GMM estimation; dynamic panel data model; firm growth; Gibrat’s law of proportionate effect; technological change; local banking markets; entry thresholds; ordered probit model; Poisson model.;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with performance and growth in the Swedish banking sector, in an era following important changes such as the globalisation of financial markets, the harmonisation of legislation (e.g. the EU banking directives) and the implementation of new technology, such as Internet banking and other electronic delivery channels. READ MORE

  4. 2. Two Essays on Performance and Growth in Swedish Banking

    Author : Pål Sjöberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Swedish banking; conduct parameter; mark-up donw s; deregulation; consolidation; branch banks; unit banks; commercial banks; savings banks; non-linear seemingly unrelated estimation; GMM system estimation; Gibrat s law; ;

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  5. 3. Essays on the Economics of Banks and Markets

    Author : Ettore Panetti; Per Krusell; Elena Carletti; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; banks; default; economic growth; financial liberalization; financial markets; hidden trades; insurance; liquidity; policy coordination; market participation; regulation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays.The first essay, “A Theory of Bank Illiquidity and Default with Hidden Trades”, develops a theory of banking to explore how the availability of trading opportunities for both banks and individual investors affects the link between illiquidity and default in the financial system. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Firms' Financing and Investment Decisions

    Author : Valeriia Dzhamalova; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Capital structure; Banks; R D Investment; Financial Constraints; Financial Crisis; Bank Debt; Bank Risk; Borrowers;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses how the capital structures of financial and non-financial firms affect each other and how shocks in the financial sector affect investments in non-financial firms. The thesis consists of three self-contained essays. READ MORE

  7. 5. An Economic Backbone of Development : Essays in Financial and Political Economy

    Author : Jon Olofsson; Andreas Madestam; Björn Tyrefors; Marieke Bos; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial Economics; Development Economics; Banking; Innovation; Industrial Development; Political Economy; Police; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Local Banking and Historical Innovation: the Effect of Swedish Savings BanksHow does access to credit affect innovation at the early stages of development? This essay uses digitized records from the Swedish savings banks movement, in combination with novel data on the universe of historical patenting, to study how savings banks affected innovation in Sweden between 1900 and 1949, a period when the country was still a developing economy. READ MORE