Sökning: "Capital inflows"

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1. 1. THRIVE - with heritage to sustainability

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Författare :Ralph Frühwirth; Martyna Idasiak; [2023]
   Nyckelord :urban design; architecture; landscape architecture; sustainability; portugal; lisbon; mouraria; heritage; climate change; heat waves; water management; cities; urbanity; housing; environment; local life; urban rehabilitation; green jobs; solar energy; traffic management; biodiversity; Arts and Architecture; Earth and Environmental Sciences; History and Archaeology; Social Sciences; Technology and Engineering; General Works; Science General;

   Sammanfattning : The historic urban area of Lisbon emerged during the Middle Ages and was the origin of the development of a rather small neighbourhood, Mouraria. Not only did it count as the centre of the capital, but because of Lisbon being the metropolis of the Portuguese empire, Mouraria is now home to a diverse group of people, whose culture influences its special characteristics to this day. LÄS MER

3. 2. Foreign Direct Investment Spillovers: Evidence from Egypt, 2000-2020

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Petronella Hall; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Foreign Direct Investment; FDI; Egypt; Spillovers; Absorptive Capacity; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a crucial element of globalization; knowledge spillovers, increasing employment, and technology transfer through inward FDI promote economic growth. Egypt is the top FDI recipient in Africa, and empirical literature finds a positive correlation between FDI and economic growth in the country; however, there are limited academic discourses on the channels through which FDI positively affects the economy. LÄS MER

4. 3. Private Equity: The Secret Sauce for Pandemic-Proof Performance or Just Another Quarantine Regret? How PE-backed companies performed during COVID-19 pandemic compared to non-PE-backed companies

   C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Författare :Anna Muizniece; Gabriela Lenerte; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Private equity; COVID-19 crisis; Capital investment; Financial crisis; Financial fragility;

   Sammanfattning : This study utilizes a dataset comprising 99 private equity-backed firms and 317 non-private equity-backed firms in Sweden to investigate whether private equity-backed firms were more resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to similar firms using difference-in-differences method. Our findings indicate that private equity-backed firms experienced a significant increase in investment, credit, and equity inflows, and exhibited better operational performance when compared to similar firms in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. LÄS MER

5. 4. From Remittances to Development: Exploring Nepal's Path to Progress

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Jonathan Damkjær Britton; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Nepal is one of the largest recipients of remittances compared to the size of the economy, reaching 30,1% of GDP in 2018. This makes understanding them, their effects, and how to positively impact that an important policy tool. LÄS MER

7. 5. Sustainable Investments in Times of Crisis

   C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Författare :Anton Johanson; Tobias Persson; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Funds value added; Gross and net alpha; Covid-19; ESG; Green and Brown funds;

   Sammanfattning : This paper examines the effect of Covid-19 on green and brown funds in the Swedish Premium Pension System (PPS). We apply the methodology derived in Berk and van Binsbergen (2015) in a difference-in-difference model with time-fixed effects to estimate the average effect of Covid-19 on green funds for both value added and conventional alpha measures. LÄS MER