Essays about: "economic recession"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 113 essays containing the words economic recession.

  1. 6. 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

  3. 7. 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]
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    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

  4. 8. 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

  5. 9. The impact of Lockdown Stringency during the Covid-19 crisis of 2020

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Ermine Khachatryan; Alexander Losjö Dahlström; [2021-09-10]
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    Abstract : This paper examines the impact of lockdown stringency on the cross-country variations in real GDP growth and unemployment in OECD countries following the recession caused by the covid-19 pandemic. The GDP is estimated with the Fixed Effects Model and unemployment is estimated with the Random Effects Model. READ MORE

  6. 10. Sustainability and economic crisis : Scenario strategies for a sustainability driven company

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Ferdinand Schnell; [2021]
    Keywords : Scenario planning; future scenarios; strategy; start-up; trends; drivers; trendlines; consumer behaviour; transformation; education;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the challenges and opportunities of sustainability driven companies during the time of crisis in 2020. The company Green City Solutions is used as a case study company in the field of air pollution. READ MORE