Sökning: "Savings banks"

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  1. 11. Filantropi under konstruktion : En undersökning av Sällskapet DBW:s samhällsengagemang 1814–1876

    Författare :Mikael Karlsson; Mats Larsson; Peter Hedberg; Lena Andersson-Skog; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :voluntary associations; philanthropy; the 19th century; the society De Badande Wännerna the DBW ; Visby; affinity groups; the incentives of charitable activities; schools for poor children; savings banks; benefit institutions poor houses ; botanical gardens; pavilions; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Sammanfattning : The 19th century was a time when a large number of voluntary associations were being formed both in Sweden and in Europe as a whole. Their ambition was to engage in health care and poor relief issues as well as in the educational system. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Sockenbankirerna : Vånga socken i Skåne 1840-1900

    Författare :Anders Perlinge; Mats Hellspong; Johan Söderberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; institutional economic theory; transaction costs; claims; incurring of debts; interpersonal relationships; rituals; relational power; counter power; categorical inequality; continuity; discontinuity; probate inventories; cultural history; mortality; poverty; savings bank; insider loans; local credit market; finance patterns; social activity fields; lending policy; borrowing strategies; promissory notes; debts; Ethnology; Etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : Theories on human behaviour and transaction costs contribute to our present understanding of why new institutions, such as banks, were established. Private promissory notes had long been circulated as local instruments of credit, and to a much greater degree than the new banknotes. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Trust as a strategy for handling uncertainty in private savings choices

    Författare :Anders Carlander; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Trust; Uncertainty; Investments; Delegated portfolio management;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines trust in banks and financial expertise as a way of coping with the uncertainty involved in financial decision making. Trust is considered to be beneficial in general and uncertainty is assumed to induce adverse feelings that people will want to get rid of. LÄS MER

  5. 14. An Economic Backbone of Development : Essays in Financial and Political Economy

    Författare :Jon Olofsson; Andreas Madestam; Björn Tyrefors; Marieke Bos; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial Economics; Development Economics; Banking; Innovation; Industrial Development; Political Economy; Police; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Local Banking and Historical Innovation: the Effect of Swedish Savings BanksHow does access to credit affect innovation at the early stages of development? This essay uses digitized records from the Swedish savings banks movement, in combination with novel data on the universe of historical patenting, to study how savings banks affected innovation in Sweden between 1900 and 1949, a period when the country was still a developing economy. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Payment Efficiency and Payment Pricing : Four Essays

    Författare :Magnus Willesson; Ted Lindblom; Björn Lantz; Mats Bergman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; payments; bank; efficiency; pricing; technical change; two-sided networks; price bundling; Payments; bank; efficiency; pricing; technical change; two-sided networks; price bundling;

    Sammanfattning : The four essays in this Doctoral thesis provide new evidence of efficiency in electronic payments and banks due to the technological change in payment distribution systems and how banks can utilize and develop their pricing of payments in the presence of changing technology.“Benefits from a Changing Payment Technology in European Banking” identifies cost savings from technical change in European banking. LÄS MER