Essays about: "Difference-in-Differences"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 163 essays containing the word Difference-in-Differences.
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1. Taxing the skies - A study on the Swedish air passenger tax and its impact on the number of passengers
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : The purpose of the thesis is to analyze the impact of the Swedish air passenger tax on the number of air passengers in Sweden. The tax was implemented in April 2018 with the aim to reduce air travel demand and decrease the aviation industry's greenhouse gas emissions. READ MORE
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2. Regional electricity price effect on industry location - Sweden’s 2011 electricity market split
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : In November 2011, a reform split the Swedish electricity market into four price zones and made it possible for different parts of the country to have different electricity prices. For industries where electricity constitutes a large share of production costs, it may be preferred to be located in a zone where electricity prices are lower. READ MORE
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3. Did Private Equity-Backed Firms Outperform Operationally During Covid-19?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : Do private equity (PE) backed companies perform better operationally in a non-financial crisis? By analyzing PE-backed firms in the UK during Covid-19 using fixed effects difference-in-differences, our findings suggest that private equity-backed companies' performance decreased significantly more at the onset of the crisis and increased their leverage but recovered faster both with greater magnitude and significance. PE-backed companies thus seem to handle an operationally-sided crisis better over time but are more exposed to them initially. READ MORE
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4. The Cost of Fence-Sitting: A counterfactual analysis of Ukraine’s non-integration with the EU
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper provides an estimate of the export flows that would have emerged from Ukraine to the European Union (EU) had Ukraine integrated with the EU. Using the 2004 enlargement of the EU as a quasi-natural experiment, this paper employs the Synthetic Control Method (SCM) to estimate the counterfactual Ukrainian export flows to the EU. READ MORE
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5. The Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions on Firms’ Performance
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : Mergers and acquisitions are one of the most researched topics in the financial literature and many research has been done. This thesis aims to analyse the impact of mergers and acquisitions on firms’ performance for the acquired firms and uses the difference-in-differences (DID) estimation method with variation in treatment timing to achieve the objective. READ MORE
