Department of Economics / Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik: Recent submissions
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Expected equity fund investor returns and the level of management fees - a study of Swedish funds and the relationship between managment fees and excess return
(2016-05-26)The cost to investors of investing in mutual equity funds through management fees, could be substantial when compared to the return they generate. If the fees are fairly set, they should give investors a high excess return, ... -
Ownership Structure and Firm Performance in Sweden
(2016-05-04)The aim of this thesis is to investigate the relation between ownership structure and firm performance. The research is based on publicly traded firms listed on the Stockholm stock exchange OMX30, during the time period ... -
Board of Directors Characteristics and Their Relationship to CEO Turnover
(2016-04-19)We study how independent directors behaviour and personal characteristics affects CEO turnover as well as firm performance. The likelihood for him to be replaced after poor firm performance and what impact board diversity ... -
Study of the Weak-form Efficent Market Hypothesis - Evidence from the Chinese stock market
(2016-04-19)This paper examines the Chinese stock market efficiency through validation of the weak-form efficient market hypothesis of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. Also, the paper attempts to determine the presence of daily ... -
Testing for Unit Root Processes for South American Countries
(2016-02-18)In this thesis, we aim to test the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) hypothesis on data from ten di erent South American countries, using di erent statistical methods. We begin by testing the hypothesis using the standard ... -
Sveriges biståndsallokering: En empirisk analys
(2016-02-16)The Nordic countries’ aid allocation is often viewed as a role model by foreign aid researchers. There is however a lack of empirical studies examining Sweden’s foreign aid allocation after the beginning of the 21st ... -
INTERGRATION OF EUROPEAN EQUITY MARKETS
(2016-02-02)This thesis analyses the integration levels of European equity markets towards a regional market and the world market. In addition, we test for seasonality and unit root presence in the equity market indices. We use the ... -
Oil price effect on Nordic equity market indices
(2016-01-27)This paper empirically investigates the oil price predictability effect documented by Fan and Jahan-Parvar (2012) in the Nordic stock markets at industry-level returns. Using the percentage changes in oil spot prices as a ... -
GENDER DIVERSITY IN SWEDISH BOARDROOMS - A study regarding gender diversity, firm performance and monitoring
(2016-01-27)This thesis studies the relationship between gender diversity, corporate governance and firm performance. We study Swedish publically listed firms on the Stockholm stock exchange. After controlling for firm and board ... -
How Does Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards Affect the Firm Financial Performance?
(2016-01-22)The aim of this thesis is to determine whether gender diversity in corporate boards has an impact on firm financial performance of Swedish OMX-listed firms. The study is conducted in Sweden, as there is frequent political ... -
HEDGE FUND PERFORMANCE IN SWEDEN - A Comparative Study Between Swedish and European Hedge Funds.
(2016-01-22)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the performance of Swedish hedge funds in relation to European hedge funds. Different strategies and characteristics will be analysed in order to enable the comparison. Quantitative ... -
Vad kostar ett vunnet kvalitetsjusterat levnadsår?
(2015-09-28)Minst 15 procent av alla män och 25 procent av alla kvinnor kommer under sin livstid insjukna i en så pass allvarlig depression att den kräver behandling. Depression är en av de stora folksjukdomarna i Sverige (Socialstyrelsen ... -
Macroeconomic Determinants of European FDI Outflows - An Empirical Approach
(2015-09-17)The aim of this thesis is to investigate the effect of country specific characteristics on foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows of ten European countries. The macroeconomic determinants included in the study are income, ... -
Bredbandsutbyggnadens påverkan på sysselsättningen
(2015-09-10)This bachelor thesis looks into the effect of broadband coverage on employment in Swedish municipalities divided by different sectors using a multivariate regression model. It has long been argued whether broadband ... -
Access to Financial Services and Women´s Empowerment
(2015-09-07)The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between membership in a Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) in rural Malawi and the empowerment of women. The data used in this study was collected ... -
Corporate Sustainability and the Financial Implications for the European Basic Materials Industry
(2015-08-27)In this thesis we investigate the relationship between sustainable performance and firm performance within the basic materials industry. Specifically, and in line with prior studies, we demonstrate a significant, negative ... -
LÖNAR SIG FÖRETAGS MILJÖINTRESSE? Ett experiment om reservationslön och CSR
(2015-08-24)Studier av bland andra Frank (2004) och Nyborg och Zhang (2012) har visat att det finns ett samband mellan ett CSR-arbete och lönenivå. Teorin är att anställda kan tänka sig att arbeta för lägre lön om företaget har ... -
Evaluating the Efficiency of the Swedish Stock Market: a Markovian Approach
(2015-07-03)This paper evaluates weak form efficiency of the Swedish stock market, by testing whether or not the index OMXSPI follows a random walk. The returns of the index are mapped onto one of two states, and the resulting data ... -
The power of suggestion on consumers´preferences for organic produce
(2015-07-03)Conventional production of fruits and vegetables entail the use of pesticides and other poisonous chemicals. Producers use these poisonous chemicals in order to make the crops more profitable by for example making them ... -
The Effects of the Swedish TGC System on the Development of Wind Power Production - An empirical analysis of the impact of the certificate price
(2015-07-03)This thesis aims to examine how the implementation of the Tradable Green Certificate (TGC) system in Sweden has affected the development of wind power production. The main purpose is to investigate whether there exists an ...