Essays about: "Business ratios"

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  1. 21. Environmental Impact and Stock Returns

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Frej Örnberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainability; ESG; Sharpe ratios; Portfolios; Stocks; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Objective: The objective of this study is to examine whether more environmentally sustainable stocks exhibit higher risk-adjusted returns than less sustainable stocks. Method: The question is examined through two-sided significance tests, comparing daily Sharpe ratios for pairwise portfolios consisting of the top and the bottom quantiles of companies as ranked by several sustainability metrics. READ MORE

  3. 22. ESG Performance in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Fixed Income in the Context of Home Bias

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jasper Chan; Min Chan Kim; [2020]
    Keywords : Home Bias · ESG · ETF · ESG Equities · Fixed Income; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper explores home bias and the performance of exchange traded funds (ETFs) and bonds under the context of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). It analyzes investment strategies led by non-financial variables such as sustainable and responsible investment and how it affects the expected returns and risk and if the home bias phenomenon is weaker when following the said strategy. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Tax Effect on Capital Structure: An empirical investigation of tax shield utilization following the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Adam Rodin; Patrik Magnusson; [2020]
    Keywords : Financial policy; difference-in-differences; capital structure; static trade-off theory; dynamic trade-off theory; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Mixed support regarding firm capital structure reaction to the Tax Cut and Jobs Act is found. In the main difference-in-differences estimation, support is found for the predictions of trade-off theory after the inclusion of control variables aiming to capture shareholder distribution and capital structure optimization. READ MORE

  5. 24. Investeringseffektiviteten i svenska lantbruksföretag : en fallstudie

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Mårten Borell; Oskar Jansson; [2020]
    Keywords : kassaflöde; investering; amortering; banklån; eget kapital; soliditet; vinstmarginal; cash flow statement; avskrivning; rörelsekapital; Rt; effektivitet; produktivitet;

    Abstract : Ett Lantbruksföretag som vill investera eller konsolidera kräver olika strategier för hur de skall gå till väga när de placerar sitt resultat. Men hur ser företagarnas strategier ut för hur de placerar sitt resultat från verksamheten? Studien syftar till att undersöka hur företagare resonerar kring sina placeringar av resultat från verksamheten och hur väl deras tänkta strategi stämmer överens med vad som skett i företagets ekonomi under en 10 års period. READ MORE

  6. 25. The nub of the household indebtedness, and its association to the housing market, from a Swedish point of view

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anita Bacanovic; Doresa Abazi; [2020]
    Keywords : Household debt; housing price; interest rate; debt to disposable income; debt to assets; demographics; debt ratio; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The debt to disposable income ratio of Swedish households has the past thirty years increased radically and mortgages cover eighty percent of household’s financial liabilities. According to the Life-cycle hypothesis, households maintain a steady consumption throughout their lifetime by accumulating mortgages in early ages with the aim to repay their debts when their economy becomes stronger as they become older. READ MORE