Essays about: "Gabriella Bergström"

Found 2 essays containing the words Gabriella Bergström.

1. 1. The Rise of Populism: Effect on National Stock Market Returns and Volatility

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Gabriella Bergström; Felix Orth; [2018]
   Keywords : Populism; Equity Returns; Volatility; Europe;

   Abstract : This paper investigates whether the increase in electoral success of populist extreme parties has an impact on short-term equity market returns and volatility by looking at a sample of 192 European elections. Using a cross-national regression methodology, we find that a large change in the share of seats in the national parliament held by populist extreme parties has a negative impact on national equity market returns. READ MORE

3. 2. Assets as hedges against the inflation rate

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Gabriella Bergström; Yun Zhou; [2016]
   Keywords : Inflation; asset returns; hedging; Fisher hypothesis;

   Abstract : This paper investigates, using Swedish data from 1996 to 2016, the possibilities to use different investment assets to hedge against the expected and unexpected inflation rates. With the use of time series regressions, we find that treasury bills have the potential to be good hedges against the expected inflation rate, and that real estate could be a good hedge against the unexpected inflation rate. READ MORE