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  1. 1. Private Equity and Venture Capital Investment Attractiveness

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Samuel Dahlman; Kimiya Esphabodi; [2023]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper is a cross-country study on how national culture affects institutional private equity and venture capital investments in Europe and is based on the previous works of Groh, Liechtenstein and Lieser (2010) and Hofstede, Hofstede and Minkov (2011). We argue that national culture affects capital allocation and that this parameter is often missing in the contemporary discourse on the drivers of investments. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sustainable Investments and Stock Returns: A Study of the COVID-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Erika Höglund; Jennifer Suffield; [2022]
    Keywords : ESG; Sustainability; COVID-19; Stock market crash; Investor preferences;

    Abstract : Using cross-sectional regressions, we study the relationship between sustainability scores and stock returns during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that EU firms that entered the COVID-19 stock market crash with a higher ESG score achieved higher stock returns during the stock market crash. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Long-term Effect of Macro Shocks at Labor Market Entry: Evidence from Taiwan

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Yunyi Jin; [2022]
    Keywords : Recession; Long-term effect; Labor market conditions;

    Abstract : The hit of the pandemic brought out an increasing unemployment rate in the labor market. Young workers coming of age are hugely influenced when going through the school-to-work transition, an early life stage impacting future careers. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. 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