Essays about: "Leverage Ratio"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 82 essays containing the words Leverage Ratio.

1. 21. Financial Volatility and the Leverage Effect on the Swedish Stock Exchange

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

   Author : Thelma Björklund; Hedvig Jonsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Volatility; Leverage!effect; Risk; Return; Clustering; Modiglian !and Miller; EGARCH; Capital!structure;

   Abstract : In today’s financial markets, volatility is a fundamental concept in regards of the risk assessment of assets and instruments. Financial volatility is commonly used to measure the quantitative aspects of risk and is given a significant amount of attention in past literature and research. READ MORE

3. 22. Capital Structure and Excess Returns across Business Cycles

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Anton Arnquist; Oscar Johansson; [2018]
   Keywords : Capital Structure; Leverage Ratio; Excess Return; Business Cycle;

   Abstract : In this study, we analyze the leverage-return relationship in a sample of S&P 500 firms in the US between 1969Q4 to 2015Q2 and distinctly examine how the relation changes between business cycles. Our empirical results suggest that an increase in leverage is positively related to expected excess return across business cycles, with a stronger effect in contractions. READ MORE

4. 23. CEO? Or More Like RiskEO? : A Cross-Sectional Study of CEO Characteristics and Firm Risk-Taking

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Peter Gustafsson; Eda Uysal; [2018]
   Keywords : CEO characteristics; Upper Echelon Theory; Risk-taking; Agency Theory; Prospect Theory; Swedish market;

   Abstract : Risk is something intrinsic to business, and something firms are exposed to on a daily basis. This means that there exists a great deal of pressure on the Top Management of a firm to successfully navigate the different risks to which they are exposed. READ MORE

5. 24. Can the corporate bond issuances of Swedish real estate firms be estimated and predicted by publicly available data?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Lovisa Bernhardsson; Ellinor Lindstén; [2018]
   Keywords : Corporate Bonds; Swedish Bond Market; Real Estate Sector; Prediction Model;

   Abstract : The Swedish corporate bond market has in recent years experienced increased activity. The real estate sector has been particularly active, and in 2017 it accounted for 40 percent of the total outstanding volume of corporate bonds denominated in Swedish kronor. READ MORE

6. 25. Determinants of Stock Price Volatility: A quantitative study on the Swedish stock market between 2004-2016

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jacob Sewelén; [2018]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka om utdelningars utbetalningsgrad, vinstvolatilitet, storlek och hävstång har någon inverkan på aktiebolagets volatilitet. Vidare syftar denna uppsats till att undersöka huruvida dessa samband är tillämpliga på både Large Cap-företag och företag som listas på Mid och Small Cap. READ MORE