Essays about: "Covid Recession"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words Covid Recession.

  1. 1. Financial Strategies of Real Estate Companies in Sweden : Navigating Economic Cycles

    University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella system

    Author : Olivia Nygren; Malin Lagerholm; [2023]
    Keywords : Real Estate; Economic Downturn; Financial Strategy; Fastigheter; Konjunkturnedgång; Finansiell strategi;

    Abstract : The real estate sector has been heavily impacted by rising inflation and subsequent interest rate increases. This is placing pressure on all real estate companies with higher levels of debt. The rising interest rates are leading to increased costs and making it more challenging for these companies to refinance their loans. READ MORE

  2. 2. Navigating through Economic storms - A comparative analysis of stock market responses to recent European recessions

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Agnes Jahn; Amanda Rashid; [2023]
    Keywords : Business cycles; Stock market; Price Dividend Ratio; Recession Variance Ratio; Swedish Stock market;

    Abstract : The study investigates the interplay between stock market behaviour and recessions in the Northern and Western European area, focusing on data from three different recessions in five countries since 1986. First, unadjusted stock prices show some predictive power in anticipating financial crises, while time-aggregated stock prices do not. READ MORE

  3. 3. Sustainable Investments and Stock Returns: A Study of the COVID-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Erika Höglund; Jennifer Suffield; [2022]
    Keywords : ESG; Sustainability; COVID-19; Stock market crash; Investor preferences;

    Abstract : Using cross-sectional regressions, we study the relationship between sustainability scores and stock returns during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that EU firms that entered the COVID-19 stock market crash with a higher ESG score achieved higher stock returns during the stock market crash. READ MORE

  4. 4. Predicting the Future with Stock Market Liquidity: A Study of the Swedish Stock Market Liquidity as a Leading Indicator of the Future Business Cycle

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Sofia Derninger; Anna Hagman; [2022]
    Keywords : Stock Market Liquidity; Business Cycle; Forecasting; Recession; Sweden;

    Abstract : Using daily stock data from the Stockholm Stock Exchange, this paper investigates the relationship between stock market liquidity and the real economy. We find restricted support for stock market liquidity containing leading information about real economic growth. READ MORE

  5. 5. Wage Adjustment and Wage Rigidity: Industrial Empirical Analysis of Swedish Economy

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jiechao Sheng; [2022]
    Keywords : wage rigidity; labour productivity; labour market tightness; vacancies; productivity shock;

    Abstract : The main goal of this article is to estimate how the aggregate wage level is determined by the labour productivity and labour market tightness, as well as how the wage is adjusted, at industry level. I collect monthly data from ten industries in Sweden over 2019-2021, and I use an ordinary-least- square method to set up the regression. READ MORE