Essays about: "Nordic firms"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 207 essays containing the words Nordic firms.

1. 6. The valuation relevance of ESG score in the Nordic market - A study on the effect of ESG score on stock price and financial performance

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Ossian Malmberg; Daniel Skeppstedt; [2023-06-29]
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   Abstract : This study investigates the relationship between ESG score and ROA and ESG score and stock price. Furthermore, we investigate whether there exists an ESG premium and if this premium is fundamentally established in the firm. Our panel data sample consists of 73 Nordic firms with data between the years of 2015 – 2022. READ MORE

3. 7. Unraveling the Payout Puzzle

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Christopher Milsom; Johan Nybleus; [2023]
   Keywords : Payout Ratio; Dividend Ratio; Institutional Ownership; Corporate Governance; Agency Problem; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate if institutional ownership has an impact on a firm’s total payout ratio in Swedish firms. Methodology: The study uses fixed effects models with robust standard errors clustered by firm with year effects and provides several robustness checks by altering the dependent variable in our analysis. READ MORE

4. 8. Comply or Die: A Study of ESG Factor Returns and Volatility in the Nordic Countries from 2016 to 2022

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Jean-Philippe Chakbazof; Amitesh Raghav; [2023]
   Keywords : ESG Factor; Nordic Compass; Fama Macbeth; Volatility Management; ESG Portfolio;

   Abstract : Using corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting data from 611 publicly traded firms in the Swedish House of Finance's Nordic Compass database, we estimate stock return and volatility exposures to an ESG factor during the period 2016-2022 in the Nordics. Using a Fama-Macbeth methodology, we find that during this time in the Nordic Countries exposure to an ESG factor is compensated with a risk premium and a volatility reduction in a Fama French 4 Factor model. READ MORE

5. 9. Nordic Banks’ Internationalization Process and Their Effectiveness in the Digital World

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)

   Author : Alexis Baray; Jacob Levander; Caroline Westerberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Internationalization; Banks; Entry modes; Digitalization; Effectiveness; Fintech; Assessment;

   Abstract : In the last couple of decades internationalization of firms has increased all over the world, and banks are not an exception. Different factors are impacting the decision of entering a new market and digitalization is certainly one of the main factors contributing to the internationalization process. READ MORE

6. 10. Zombie firms and a low-interest environment - an empirical analysis of ultra-low interest rates in relation to the surviving of inefficient firms in the nordic region

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Nelly Åkesson; Sandra Rosdahl; [2023]
   Keywords : Interest rates; zombie firms; central banks; unconventional monetary policy; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between ultra-low interest rates and the amount of zombie firms using panel data for Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland over the period 2007-2020 in a multivariable regression model. Specifically, the questions addressed are: is there a relationship between the interest rate and the amount of zombie firms? Could it be concluded that the amount of zombie firms increases during periods of low interest rates? This study documents a statistically significant relationship between ultra low interest rates, i. READ MORE