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The Psychology behind fast loans - Is there a pattern to who succumbs to the temptation of fast loans?
(2013-07-10)
Since the first fast loan company entered the market in 2006, there has been an increasing amount of individuals who have become indebted and ended up at Kronofogden because they haven't been able to pay off their loans. ...
The Effect pf Economic Inequality on Demand for Redistribtion
(2013-10-28)
In this paper we have examined the relationship between economic inequality and demand for redistribution for 23 OECD countries and 17 European countries respectively. We depart from two different theories with contradictory ...
Towards Optimum: Can Europe become an optimum currency area
(2013-03-18)
The purpose of this thesis is to study the Eurozone and give an answer to the question: Can Europe become an optimum currency area? Our analysis is based on theory structured in the form of several criteria for an optimum ...
The Ex-dividend effect during a crisis - An analysis of the Swedish stock market
(2013-04-03)
The previous years have been turbulent for the financial sector. Major banks and financial institutions have filed for bankruptcy and some were taken over by governments. Europe has seen a deepening of the crisis and now ...
SECTORAL FDI IMPACT ON EMERGING MARKETS
(2013-04-08)
Although it may seem natural to argue that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is positive for host economies and their economic growth, earlier research gives and ambiguous picture in this matter of interest. This paper uses ...
Tougher rules on mandatory substitution brought forth price drop in the Swedish pharmaceutical market -Estimating the impact of the new rules of 2009 using Difference – in - Difference regression.
(2013-03-06)
In 2009 the governmental monopoly on the Swedish pharmaceutical market was abolished. Coinciding with this reform, a new set of rules and proceedings concerning mandatory substitution was adopted. In this paper a difference ...
Payment Method in Mergers and Acquisitions - A Study on Swedish firm´s Domestic and Cross-Border Acquisitions
(2013-07-04)
In this study we investigate the effect of payment method used in 108 acquisitions made between 2010 and 2012 with a publicly listed Swedish firm as the bidder. We also control for deal-specific characteristics such as the ...
Religion and Youth´s Political Engagement: A Quantitative Approach
(2013-03-06)
This study examines how religious belonging might be an underlying factor for youth students’ political interest and participation. We use data from a survey conducted in 2010 on Swedish junior and senior high school ...
Correlations within and between Markets and Commodities
(2013-06-13)
With a growing interaction between markets, when all markets and exchanges
are being inuenced by the globalisation, the correlations between markets and com-
modity exchanges becomes an interesting topic. How are they ...
The impact of basel II regulation in the european banking market - A panel data analysis approach
(2013-07-05)
This thesis aims to investigate if the improved capital regulatory framework implemented by the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision has had any effect on the capital adequacy ratio of selected banks.
A sample of ...