Kandidatuppsatser i finansiell ekonomi
Browse by
Recent Submissions
-
Investing with purpose: ESG and Gender in Swedish mutual funds
(2025-08-18)This thesis investigates actively and passively managed Swedish mutual funds performance from the perspective of sustainability and gender diversity. Despite widespread research around the world, there are limited studies ... -
Determinants of Capital Structure in Swedish Unlisted SMEs
(2025-07-04)This thesis investigates the determinants of capital structure among Swedish unlisted small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a segment often overlooked in mainstream finance literature. Drawing on four theoretical ... -
Women on Boards An empirical study of board gender diversity and firm performance across Europe
(2025-07-04)This thesis explores whether female presence on corporate boards is associated with a difference in firm performance, and whether this relationship differs during periods of economic uncertainty, particularly the COVID-19 ... -
Post-Merger Performance in Nordic SME M&A:The Role of Cross-Border Transactions and Cash Financing
(2025-07-02)This thesis investigates the impact of financing structure and geographic scope on post-merger performance among small and medium-sized enterprises in the Nordic region. Despite the frequency of cross-border mergers and ... -
Do ESG-Scores Explain Returns in the U.S. Equity Market? Incorporating ESG-Scores within a Multi-Factor Framework
(2025-07-01)In an era where sustainable investing endorses both ethical alignment and economic promise, a critical question remains: do firms with stronger ESG-incentives actually yield greater stock returns? This thesis explores that ... -
The Impact of Interest Rate Hikes and Cuts on U.S. REITs: The Role of Financial Leverage
(2025-07-01)This study examines whether U.S. equity REITs with different capital structures react differently to interest rate changes. An event study approach is used to analyze cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) around two Federal ... -
Backing winners or hyping losers? A study on Venture Capital-backed IPOs and long term success in the Nordic stock markets
(2025-07-01)This thesis investigates the long-term performance of venture capital (VC)-backed initial public offerings (IPOs) in the Nordic market. While prior research has focused primarily on short-term IPO outcomes in the U.S., ... -
Insider Trading and Market Efficiency: Evidence from the Swedish Stock Market
(2025-06-25)This thesis investigates whether insider trading announcements influence stock prices in the Swedish stock market and examines the market’s efficiency in processing such information. Or more specifically, challenges the ... -
Do Domestic and Cross-Border M&As Generate Different Bidder Returns? Evidence from Swedish Acquirers.
(2025-06-25)This study examines whether bidder returns differ between domestic and cross-border deals when a merger or acquisition (M&A) is announced. The focus is on Swedish acquirers over a time horizon ranging from the beginning ... -
Inflation and Asset Behavior: An Empirical Analysis of Bitcoin’s Hedging Potential Compared to Gold and Oil
(2025-06-25)This study examines whether bitcoin exhibits inflation hedging characteristics and can be utilized by investors to preserve their capital from erosion caused by inflation. Furthermore, comparison with traditional inflation ... -
Green Investments - Better Business? A Study on the Effect of ESG on Stock Returns on the European Market
(2025-06-25)This study examines whether there is a causal relation between ESG scores and stock returns. To investigate this an OLS-regression has been made using data collected from companies all over Europe. The chosen years for the ... -
The Role of Environmental Factors in Explaining Return Variation in Equity Markets
(2025-06-25)This study investigates whether environmental factors help explain return variation in equity markets, and if so, whether this relationship reflects a climate-related risk premium or investor preferences. We use the ... -
The Impact of Interest Rates on Long-Term IPO Performance: An Empirical Study of the Swedish Market
(2025-06-25)This thesis examines how the interest rate, at the offering date, affects the long term performance of Initial Public Offering. We focus on IPOs in Sweden from 2008 to 2022, analyzing a dataset of 269 listings. Using ... -
The Impact of Total Expense Ratio on Risk-Adjusted Returns in Swedish Actively Managed Equity Funds
(2025-06-25)This thesis examines the relationship between the fund’s total expense ratio (TER) and its risk-adjusted performance. 81 unique funds are included, all registered in Sweden, have their investment focus set to Sweden, are ... -
Portfolio Efficiency of Swedish Bank Funds A quantitative study of fund portfolio efficiency among major Swedish Banks
(2025-06-25)This thesis investigates whether efficient portfolios can be constructed using funds from a single bank and whether combining funds from multiple banks results in superior risk-adjusted performance. The study is grounded ... -
Financial Market Response to SFDR: ESG Scores and Stock Performance in the EU Banking Sector
(2025-06-25)This study investigates the financial market's response to the European Union's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and aims to examine EU banks' stock returns based on their ESG performance. Previous research ... -
Driven by Emotion? A Study on Investor Sentiment and the US Stock Market
(2025-06-25)This thesis examines the extent to which investor sentiment can predict stock market movements in the United States, with focus on the S&P 500 Index. Using a quantitative approach, the study analyzes data from 2006 to 2023 ... -
Explaining Abnormal Returns from Insider Purchases A study on insider purchases in large vs small cap firms
(2025-06-25)This study examines insider trading with the purpose of investigating if insider purchases on publicly traded Swedish firms generate abnormal returns. The study also focuses on whether abnormal returns differ depending ... -
Assessing ESG and Board Diversity´s influence on financial performance: A study on the Scandinavian and Emerging Markets
(2025-06-25)This study examines whether ESG and Board Diversity has a correlation with financial performance, in the form of return on equity. The analysis focuses on the Scandinavian and selected Emerging markets over the period ... -
Examining the Impact of Stock Buybacks on Operating Performance: A Study on Publicly Listed Banks Empirical evidence in North America and Europe between 2010-2022
(2025-06-25)This thesis investigates the relationship between share repurchases and operating performance among publicly listed banks in North America and Europe during the period 2010–2022. The analysis examines whether buybacks ...
RSS 1.0