Department of Economics / Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik
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Digital vård och fysiska köer - en studie av nätläkarkostnadernas påverkan på tillgängligheten i primärvården
(2025-04-09)Digitala vårdtjänster har blivit alltmer populära i Sverige under de senaste åren, men det råder delade meningar bland forskare och vårdanställda om huruvida dessa har en positiv påverkan på vårdsamhället eller inte. Denna ... -
How will climate change affect the quality of wine produced in the future?
(2025-04-07)This study investigates if there is a relationship between the quality of wine and climate change, with a particular focus on high-volume producing regions: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Tuscany, Piedmont and Castilla de León. The ... -
Sustainability Metrics and Market Behavior: ESG's Effect on Stock Prices Post-M&A Announcements
(2025-04-04)This thesis investigates the relationship between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) metrics and stock market behaviors following a merger or acquisition (M&A) announcement, focusing on cumulative abnormal returns ... -
ESG och Företagsförvärv: Vägen till Hållbart Aktieägarvärde?
(2025-02-24)The relationship between ESG scores and financial performance is a debated area with two central theoretical perspectives: the stakeholder theory and the shareholder cost perspective. The introduction of EU´s Corporate ... -
The impact of OMXS30 Index Revisions Announcements on Stock Returns and Volume; Analyzing Index Revision Effets Around The Announcement Day
(2025-02-24)This thesis examines the impact of revision announcements of the OMXS30 index, analyzing firm specific deviations in returns and volume during an event window surrounding revision announcements. By using event study ... -
Bistånd och ekonomisk tillväxt i minst utvecklade länder
(2025-02-21)International development aid has been a critical tool for addressing poverty and promoting economic growth and welfare. Despite decades of international aid, least developed countries in Sub-Saharan Africa continue to ... -
Can AI Predict the Stock Market? A CNN-BiLSTM Based Analysis of Macroeconomic Indicators' Effect on OMXS30
(2025-02-21)Forecasting time series within the financial markets is one of the most fundamental subjects in economics. These markets are highly complex due to their nonlinear behaviour, where uncertainty and unpredictability play a ... -
Att upptäcka kreditkortsbedrägerier: En utvärdering av Gaussian Mixture Model, Isolation Forest och Local Outlier Factor
(2025-02-19)This thesis evaluates the performance of three unsupervised machine learning models — Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM), Isolation Forest (IF), and Local Outlier Factor (LOF) — for detecting fraudulent credit card transactions. ... -
Estimating the Euro Effect on Swedish Exports - A Comparative Analysis Using Synthetic Difference-in-Differences
(2025-02-19)This thesis examines the impact of Sweden’s decision to retain the krona rather than adopt the euro in 1999 on export performance. Employing the innovative Synthetic Difference-in-Differences method, it analyses 1231 trade ... -
Elasticty of municipal tax rates in Sweden
(2025-02-19)Few economic concepts have achieved such virality and affected policy more than the “Laffer Curve”. While its simplicity pleases the populace and policymakers alike, scholars have long debated on how to appropriately ... -
The influence of an ESG factor on portfolio performance
(2025-02-19)Sustainability gets more important each day, requiring companies to adapt on a much larger scale than before. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a global annual rating covering multiple measures, sectors and ... -
Do Swedish companies that exceed analyst earnings expectations experience abnormal stock returns beyond the initial effect on the announcement day?
(2025-02-19)This thesis aims to investigate whether Swedish companies that exceed analyst earnings expectations experience abnormal stock returns beyond the initial effect on the announcement day. The study focuses on firms listed on ... -
Gambling, what good is that? Understanding Gambling Through the Lens Of Income Elasticity
(2025-02-19)This study analyses the income elasticity of demand for gambling to classify what kind of good gambling is. A wide range of literature already exists that attempts to estimate income elasticity of demand for various types ... -
Slumpvandringar i slumpmässiga miljöer - En simuleringsbaserad undersökning av rekurrens och transiens
(2025-02-11)The term “random walk in random environment” can have several different meanings. In this study, random walks in three different types of environments will be examined: a non-random environment, used as a reference point, ... -
Hur Styrräntan Påverkar Inflationen Över Tid: En Paneldataanalys
(2024-12-03)Denna studie undersöker effekten av centralbankernas styrräntor på inflationen i 51 länder under perioden 2014 till 2022. Genom att använda en paneldataanalys utfördes flera fixed effects regressioner för att analysera de ... -
The impact of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq OMXS on the financial markets amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: Time Series Analysis.
(2024-10-30)This undergraduate thesis investigates the relationship between the S&P 500 American Stock Exchange Index and the Swedish Nasdaq OMXS indices during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study explores how an exogeneous shock, such ... -
Hur har utvecklingen av andelen pensionärer i befolkningen påverkat Tysklands arbetskrafts storlek från 2000 till 2022?
(2024-10-09)Germany has experienced low birth rates ever since the 1970s when they fell below the replacement levels of 2,1 children per woman. Since then, their birth rate has been around 1,5 children per woman, which has caused an ... -
Ekonomisk tillväxt och lycka
(2024-07-08)This thesis investigates the relationship between economic growth and self-reported happiness in 45 European countries during the periods of 2011 and 2014-2022. In addition to economic growth, the effects of factors such ... -
Age Demographics and Foreign Direct Investment Exploring the Impact of Emerging Workforces on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows
(2024-07-05)Aviation accounts for approximately 2.5% of global CO2 emissions. However, this seemingly low number is deceiving for several reasons. For one thing, it does not account for other warming effects of aviation, and further, ... -
A Comparative Study of Active and Passive funds; Measuring Risk and Returns Before and During Pandemic
(2024-07-05)Investing and saving have always been integral aspects of human behavior. Saving essentially represents deferred consumption, as individuals set aside money for future use. In recent years, saving and investing have become ...