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    Gender Differences in Risk Attitudes: An Analysis of the Swedish Premium Pension System
    (2023-06-29) Ben Rouha, Yasmine; Kawal Kaur, Preet; University of Gothenburg/Graduate School; Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School
    This thesis examines gender differences in investment behavior within the Swedish Premium Pension System for the years 2015-2022. The thesis uses the pension system as a case study to identify possible differences in risk attitude, factors that affect and whether gender has an impact on the level of home bias in investment decisions. Different risk measures are used to formulate equations used in the empirical analysis. Regressions were performed on all research year both pooled and separately; the results gave in general significant evidence of women being more risk-averse than men and that women exhibit home biasness to a greater extent than men. This thesis concludes that men and women differ in investment strategy, a difference explained by theories such as behavioral finance, home biasness and risk-awareness.
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    Stock market response to unsustainable conduct within listed companies
    (2021-07-13) Kawal Kaur, Preet; Koozi, Claudia; University of Gothenburg/Department of Economics; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik; University of Gothenburg/Department of Business Administration; Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen
    News spreads quickly in our rapidly innovative world, which has implications for companies when scandals are exposed to the public. In this report, we explore whether there is a connection between unethical actions and the reaction and publication of those acts in terms of environmental and social issues. More specifically, an event study is undertaken to determine if there is a stock market reaction to the public announcement of corporate environmental and social scandals. To see whether there is a correlation between the publication of the scandals and a shift in the share price, a t-test is used. In addition, the test is used to determine if there is a major reaction.When the news about the social scandals was released, the share price of the social scandals fell more than the environmental scandals, according to the report. These assumptions may be focused on the values and ethics of investors. A comparison may also be drawn from the fact that the average value of CAR has decreased over time, which can be explained by the increased focus on sustainability in general.