Essays about: "Axel Wikner"

Found 3 essays containing the words Axel Wikner.

1. 1. Corporate Bond Credit Rating Biases: Issuance Frequency and Yield Spreads

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Axel Wikner; Samuel Marjamaa Hultgren; [2015]
   Keywords : corporate bonds; credit rating agencies; frequency; rating bias; rating inflation;

   Abstract : We investigate whether rating agencies (S&P, Moody's and Fitch) award firms who issue corporate bonds frequently, and thereby contributing substantially to rating agencies' revenues, by providing unjustifiably high rating assessments. We also investigate the same bias for firm size and issue size. READ MORE

3. 2. Financial Transaction Taxes and the Effect on Firms’ Cost of Capital : An empirical Study on how Financial Transaction Taxes Affect the Cost of Capital

   University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Johan Olofsson; Axel Wikner; [2014]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Financial Transaction Taxes (FTTs) have been subject to a lot of debate in the recentyears. The debate is in many cases characterized by an insecurity of the effects ofFTTs. The research on how FTTs affect the cost of capital is limited. READ MORE

4. 3. Robin Hood on Steroids : An Analysis of the Current Proposal for an EU FTT

   University essay from Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Axel Wikner; [2014]
   Keywords : FTT; EU; EU FTT; Tax; Robin Hood; Financial Transaction Tax; COM 2013 71; FAT; Transaction Tax;

   Abstract : .... READ MORE