Sökning: "Difference-in-Differences DiD"

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  1. 1. Did Private Equity-Backed Firms Outperform Operationally During Covid-19?

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

    Författare :Boris Bojovic; Marvin Stenersen; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Private equity; Covid-19; Operational improvements; PE-backed;

    Sammanfattning : Do private equity (PE) backed companies perform better operationally in a non-financial crisis? By analyzing PE-backed firms in the UK during Covid-19 using fixed effects difference-in-differences, our findings suggest that private equity-backed companies' performance decreased significantly more at the onset of the crisis and increased their leverage but recovered faster both with greater magnitude and significance. PE-backed companies thus seem to handle an operationally-sided crisis better over time but are more exposed to them initially. LÄS MER

  2. 2. The Cost of Fence-Sitting: A counterfactual analysis of Ukraine’s non-integration with the EU

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Eric Hansen; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Exports; European integration; Ukraine; Synthetic Control Method; Difference-in-differences; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This paper provides an estimate of the export flows that would have emerged from Ukraine to the European Union (EU) had Ukraine integrated with the EU. Using the 2004 enlargement of the EU as a quasi-natural experiment, this paper employs the Synthetic Control Method (SCM) to estimate the counterfactual Ukrainian export flows to the EU. LÄS MER

  3. 3. The Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions on Firms’ Performance

    Magister-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Författare :Norda Yenni; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Mergers and Acquisitions; Difference-in-differences estimation; Return on Assets; Return on Equity; Financial performance;

    Sammanfattning : Mergers and acquisitions are one of the most researched topics in the financial literature and many research has been done. This thesis aims to analyse the impact of mergers and acquisitions on firms’ performance for the acquired firms and uses the difference-in-differences  (DID) estimation method with variation in treatment timing to achieve the objective. LÄS MER

  4. 4. The Diplomacy of Trade: An Empirical Investigation of State Visits as a Tool for Export Promotion and the Specific Role of the Head of State

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Ebba Lundqvist; Clara Wieslander; [2023]
    Nyckelord :State Visits; Export Promotion; Head of State; Monarchy; Republic; Difference-in-Differences; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This paper evaluates the impact of state visits on export flows and the specific role of the head of state based on the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. We construct a complete and comprehensive dataset containing all outgoing state visits from the Nordic countries between 1973 and 2022. LÄS MER

  5. 5. The Impact of Patient Fees on Demand for Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine - A Difference-in-Differences Approach

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Catharina Wingårdh; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Difference-in-Difference; Patient Fee; DCT; Cross-price Elasticity of Demand; Digital Economics; Brand Loyalty.; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This paper analyzes if patients’ demand for Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine (DCT) providers is affected by a change in patient fees. The paper utilizes a natural experiment when the patient fee increased for patients in Region Stockholm using one DCT provider but remained unchanged for other DCT providers. LÄS MER