In the aftermath of recent years unusually large influx of immigrants to Sweden from outside of the European Union, the debate regarding the impact of immigration on the economy and the labor market has intensified. Some ...

This thesis examines the political party membership in Swedish parties between 2003–2017. Previous research has observed a negative trend in the number of members of political parties. They have also found that there is a ...

This thesis aims to study the possible superior performance of Swedish companies owned by Private Equity firms. This is achieved through constructing a panel dataset consisting of portfolio companies of the ten largest ...

The Nordic countries’ aid allocation is often viewed as a role model by foreign aid researchers. There is however a lack of empirical studies examining Sweden’s foreign aid allocation after the beginning of the 21st ...

This study uses multiple regression models to examine how capital structure and stock returns affect each other. Using a panel data study that includes 50 Swedish companies over a period of five years, the results show ...

Sweden was one of the first countries in the world, year 1913, that established a pension system with intention to prevent poverty after a life in labour force participation. After a few pension reforms by integration to ...

This paper examines the impacts of the capital ratios stipulated in Basel III on banks’ interest margins. The Basel III rules were established as a response to the financial crisis in 2007-2009 when it became obvious that ...

This study examines the effects of rising interest rates on condominium prices in Sweden using the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). There have been several studies across the globe that have examined the relationship ...

Using comprehensive data from 286 municipalities in Sweden, attention is focused on examining the connection between tax rates and public revenues. By means of a quadratic model adjusted to control for fixed effects, an ...

This paper seeks to explore how the persistent health shock that is covid-19 impacted people’s everyday life as it pertains to short-term consumption and priorities. This is conducted by studying how the housing market in ...