Essays about: "Financial Recession"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 93 essays containing the words Financial Recession.

  1. 6. 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

  3. 7. Credit Supply and its Impact on Small Businesses during the Great Recession: An Empirical Study of Low and High Income Counties in the US

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Robin Nordström; Cornelia Glowacki; [2022]
    Keywords : Small business loans; Credit supply; Great Recession; Inequality;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to investigate the economic effects that the reduction of credit that followed the Great Recession had on small businesses. We find that the supply of bank credit to small businesses in times of crisis does not discriminate against businesses in low income regions, but rather that the economic effects are the same through a nation-wide perspective. READ MORE

  4. 8. Comparison of impact on stock market volatility by COVID-19 and the 2008 financial crisis

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Anand Enkhtur; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyse the volatility of 11 sectorial stock return data of S&P 500 Index during the 2008 global financial crisis and the recent COVID-19 global pandemic. S&P 500 is a large stock market index that tracks the performance of 500 companies that are some of the largest in the world. READ MORE

  5. 9. Economic crisis and social capital : The effects of the Great Recession on social capital in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Filip Hellberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Social capital; Great recession; Difference-in-Differences;

    Abstract : This paper studies the effects of the economic distress that occurred in Swedish municipalities during the financial crisis of 2008 and its effects on social capital. By comparing more exposed municipalities in terms of the decline in employment to less exposed municipalities with a difference-in-difference approach, the aim is to see if the Great Recession had heterogeneous effects on social capital in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 10. Unreal Investments : How cheap credit is used when rates are already low, and opportunities for financial investments are present.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Joel Myles; [2022]
    Keywords : Unreal Investments; Real Investments; Financial Investments; Buybacks; Buy-Backs; Central Bank Purchasing Program; Corporate Bonds; Cheap Credit; Covid Recession; Covid19 Recession; Secular Stagnation;

    Abstract : This study explores the possibility that cheep credit, provided to firms when profit opportunities on real investments are low, and when opportunities of financial investments are present, will loose some of it’s stimulus effect due to a crowding out effect of financial investments on real investments. Analyzing the changes in debt, and it’s channels of use during the recession of the covid19 pandemic, between firms with a history of stock buybacks, and firms without such a history, the study finds a significantly higher increase in debt for firms with a history of doing stock buybacks. READ MORE