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  1. 1. Internationalisering av svenska försäkringsbolag : Drivkrafter, organisering och utveckling 1855-1913

    Författare :Mikael Lönnborg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; Internationalisation; Insurance firms; Reinsurance; Degree of Internationalisation; Internationalisation Theory; Institutional Economic Theory; Path Dependence; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation analyses the driving forces behind the organising and development of Swedish insurance firms business abroad. It contains an investigation of all insurance branches with interests in the international insurance market (except marine insurance companies). LÄS MER

  3. 2. Networks that organised competition : corporate resource sharing between Swedish property underwriters 1875-1950

    Författare :Josef Lilljegren; Magnus Lindmark; Ann-Kristin Bergquist; Erica Salvaj; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; corporate networks; business history; property insurance; interfirm; insurance history; interlocking directorates;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the corporate networks of Swedish property underwriters 1875-1950. During this period, networks of increasing intensity was an essential part in the organisation of the Swedish property insurance market. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Essays on Income Risk, Portfolio Choices and the Macroeconomy

    Författare :Gualtiero Azzalini; Per Krusell; Kurt Mitman; Alexander Michaelides; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Macroeconomics; household finance; income risk; portfolio choice; wealth inequality; heterogeneous agents; insurance; search and matching; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Business cycle asymmetry of earnings pass-throughHow does the firm's role as an insurance provider vary over the business cycle? Using Swedish administrative data, I document that idiosyncratic firm productivity shocks are passed through workers' earnings asymmetrically. In non-recessions, firms are good insurers against negative shocks. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Essays on Event History Analysis and the Effects of Social Programs on Individuals and Firms

    Författare :Stefano Lombardi; Johan Vikström; Oskar Nordström Skans; Conny Wunsch; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor Economics; Unemployment Insurance; Job Search; Monitoring and Sanctions; Policy Evaluation; Dynamic Treatment Evaluation; Duration Analysis; Firm performance; Employer-employee Match; Monte Carlo simulation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I: This paper studies threat effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefit sanctions on job exit rates. Using a difference-in-differences design, I exploit two reforms of the Swedish UI system that made monitoring and sanctions considerably stricter at different points in time for different jobseeker groups. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Essays on Firms’ Hiring, Investment and Risk Management Decisions

    Författare :Emil Bustos; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis contains five self-contained chapters. In “The Effect of Centrally Bargained Wages on Firm Growth”, the author studies how firms adjust their hiring and investments in response to higher collectively bargained wage increases. Firms absorb labor cost shocks by increasing sales growth. LÄS MER