Essays about: "propensity score."

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1. 26. Estimates of the Return to Schooling and Variations Between Countries and Ability Groups

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : David Sandberg; [2021]
   Keywords : return to schooling; selection bias; propensity score matching; cross-country analysis; ability; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study analyzes the return to schooling in 22 countries. More specifically, the effect on earnings of receiving a bachelor’s and a master’s degree is estimated by applying a propensity score matching approach on microdata. READ MORE

3. 27. Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards: A Panel Data Analysis of the Short-Term Effects of California Senate Bill No. 826

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Hilla Inkinen; [2021]
   Keywords : Gender Quotas; Board Composition; Corporate Governance; Gender Economics;

   Abstract : Gender quotas on corporate boards of directors have become a popular tool to address the persistent disparities in female representation at the top of the corporate hierarchy. In this thesis, I study the effects of the first mandatory gender quota in the United States, California Senate Bill No. 826, implemented in early 2019. READ MORE

4. 28. Foreign ownership, foreign acquisitions and firm performance: Evidence from Sweden

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Rasmus Grehn; Jing Liu; [2020]
   Keywords : firm performance; foreign acquisitions; foreign ownership; profitability;

   Abstract : Foreign ownership and its impact on firm performance is a subject of debate in academia and of great importance to policy makers and investors. In this study the relationship between foreign ownership and target firm profitability is examined. Two models are applied to data on Swedish companies during the period 1998-2017. READ MORE

5. 29. Internationalization and Innovation; A PSM Approach

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Michela Gasperini; [2020]
   Keywords : Propensity score matching; offshoring and outsourcing; innovation; internationalization; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Recent phenomena, as the offshoring of R&D activities, have raised the question of whether intensive internationalization strategies are hampering the abilities of firms to implement innovations. This research wants to study the intensive margin of internationalization in order to understand whether the breakage of the links within the production processes, due to practices such as offshoring and outsourcing, were indeed jeopardizing the innovative capacities of European manufacturing firms in 2008. READ MORE

6. 30. A study on CEO organizational identification, the propensity to be acquired, and bid premiums

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Oscar Kock; Simon Sjögren; [2020]
   Keywords : Organizational identification; M A; Agency problems; Corporate governance; Golden parachutes;

   Abstract : We examine whether the propensity to be acquired is lower for companies with CEOs who identify strongly with their organization compared to those that do not, while further distinguishing if this effect is amplified by the CEO also being a board member. Additionally, the study examines if the bid premium accepted is higher for CEOs with high organizational identification relative to other CEOs. READ MORE