Essays about: "degree of financial leverage"

Showing result 16 - 19 of 19 essays containing the words degree of financial leverage.

  1. 16. A pre-downturn comparison on capital structure strategy, from the perspective of a Swedish retailer

    University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Abed Al Saffar; [2010]
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    Abstract : Capital structure decisions and impacts have always been on top of every CFO’s and shareholder’s mind. Many theories have been presented and so far, no ap- parent consensus regarding how, why or when financing should be done in order to maximize firm value, exists. READ MORE

  3. 17. Leverage and Volatility

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ola Knut Eric Lithman; [2010]
    Keywords : Leverage; volatility; asymmetric volatility; leverage effect; leverage hypothesis; volatility feedback; VAR; PVAR; risk premium; GARCH; APARCH; Conditional CAPM; volatility decomposition; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper attempts to contribute to existing knowledge through an explicit threefold purpose. Initially, the importance of leverage in explaining equity return volatility is determined through two fixed effects panel data estimations. READ MORE

  4. 18. Decision Making under Uncertainty and Complexity : A study of young investors’ decision to buy warrants

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Marie Karlsson; Linda Kraufvelin; [2009]
    Keywords : Decision making; consumer decision process; uncertainty and complexity of financial services; rationality; behavioral economics;

    Abstract : Background: A warrant is a derivative that is normally issued over stocks. During the last financial crisis, the trading of warrants reached new records. The high leverage and the complexity of the product make the warrant a risky investment. READ MORE

  5. 19. The impact of R&D intensity on the volatility of stock price : A study of the Swedish Market during year 1997-2005

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik och samhälle

    Author : Xiabin Yue; Bo Xing; [2007]
    Keywords : R D intensity; Systematic risk; Operating leverage; Financial leverage;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the theoretical and empirical relationships between a firm’s R&D investment intensity and the systematic risk of its common stock in Sweden. This is done by examining 38 Swedish firms between 1997 and 2005. An overlapping set of 5-year window is chosen to apply to calculate the variables of the samples. READ MORE