Essays about: "zombie firms"

Found 5 essays containing the words zombie firms.

  1. 1. Zombie firms and a low-interest environment - an empirical analysis of ultra-low interest rates in relation to the surviving of inefficient firms in the nordic region

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Nelly Åkesson; Sandra Rosdahl; [2023]
    Keywords : Interest rates; zombie firms; central banks; unconventional monetary policy; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between ultra-low interest rates and the amount of zombie firms using panel data for Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland over the period 2007-2020 in a multivariable regression model. Specifically, the questions addressed are: is there a relationship between the interest rate and the amount of zombie firms? Could it be concluded that the amount of zombie firms increases during periods of low interest rates? This study documents a statistically significant relationship between ultra low interest rates, i. READ MORE

  3. 2. Survival of the Fittest : A Comparative Analysis of Financial Characteristics of Zombie and Non- zombie Firms

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    Author : Douglas Maspers; Otto Zimmerman; [2023]
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  4. 3. A Zombie Outbreak - A Study of Unhealthy Firms' Influence on Healthy Firms' Growth Progression In Sweden.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jacob Tjerneld; Jacob Wennberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Zombie firms; spillover effects; capital misallocation; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines the impact of zombie firms on healthy companies’ growth indicators in the Swedish market. By utilising fixed-effects regression analysis and analysing a comprehensive data set, the paper aims to shed light on the dynamics between zombies’ effects on nonzombies’ development. READ MORE

  5. 4. Fear the Walking Dead? Zombie Firms in the Euro Area and Their Effect on Healthy Firms' Credit Conditions

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Lea Havemeister; [2022]
    Keywords : Zombie firms; Financial spillovers; Interest rates; New credit; Financial stability;

    Abstract : The extensive monetary and fiscal support measures related to the Covid-19 pandemic have reinvigorated the policy and academic debate around zombie firms. These are firms that are no longer profitable but still operate. READ MORE

  6. 5. Life Below Zero: Zombie Firms and Low Interest Rates

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : George Berling; [2021]
    Keywords : zombie firms; real economy and financial stability; low interest rate; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper employs a zombie classification following (Storz et al., 2017) to examine the phenomenon of zombie firms and low interest rates in Denmark using a comprehensive harmonized firm-level micro dataset from ORBIS covering the period 2002-2019. READ MORE