Research in the spotlight
Explore the latest research from the Swedish House of Finance.
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Are recessions a good time to start a business?
2023-06-05
Recessions are often seen as a bad environment for startups but new research suggests that economic downturns can positively impact the survival and growth prospects of innovative ventures. What fuels...
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E-Bikes subsidies reduce reliance on cars and cut emissions, but at what cost?
2022-09-27
Are e-bike subsidies to reduce carbon emissions worth the cost? SHoF’s Anders Anderson and Columbia University’s Harrison Hong look into the welfare implications of the Nordic country’s e-bike...
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Can Stablecoins be Stable?
2022-05-16
Working paper by Adrien d’Avernas, Vincent Maurin and Quentin Vandeweyer May 14, 2022.
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Analyzing two different ESG drivers: Investor preferences or sustainability ratings?
2022-04-28
Spring 2022 saw three momentous events impacting ESG investment. First on everyone’s mind is Russia’s attack on Ukraine; the second was the release of a new UN climate report warning that we are now...
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Since You're So Rich, You Must Be Really Smart: Talent, Rent Sharing, and the Finance Wage Premium
2022-04-21
Why have compensation levels in Finance risen so much over the last three decades?
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Get to Know New Assistant Professor Mehran Ebrahimian
2021-11-15
In the summer of 2021, the Swedish House of Finance and the Department of Finance at the º£½ÇÉçÇøÏÂÔØwelcomed Assistant Professor Mehran Ebrahimian as one of two Eva and Mats Qviberg...
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Get to Know New Assistant Professor Ye Zhang
2021-10-27
In the summer of 2021, the Swedish House of Finance and the Department of Finance at the º£½ÇÉçÇøÏÂÔØwelcomed Ye Zhang as one of two new Assistant Professors and Eva and Mats Qviberg...
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Working from home – a ticking time bomb for commercial real-estate and city living?
2021-10-21
Interview with Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, author of Flattening the Curve: Pandemic-Induced Revaluation of Urban Real Estate
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How to design an effective carbon tax
2021-01-22
Watch the interview with Per Strömberg and Gustav Martinsson about their findings from a recent research project on the Swedish carbon dioxide tax. Their project evaluates the effectiveness of the...
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The dynamics of mutual funds, analyst expectations, and alphas
2021-01-12
In a new paper researchers show that actual expectations of future fund performance can help to explain the active fund industry’s size and its poor performance.
