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Hur har covid-19-pandemin påverkat svenska företagsinvesteringar och skiljer det sig från tidigare ekonomiska kriser?

Wasserman, Lukas LU and Sörensson, Gustav LU (2023) NEKH02 20231
Department of Economics
Abstract (Swedish)
This paper examines how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected Swedish corporate investments and if it differs from previous economic crises. By using data on total investments and investments made in digitalization and IT of Swedish businesses between 1986 and 2022, two time series regressions examine the impact of crises on investments. The results give support for both hypotheses implying that the pandemic has had a different effect on corporate investments compared to previous economic crises. Furthermore, the results indicate that Sweden’s GDP, USA’s GDP, and the confidence indicator all individually had an overall significant and long-term positive effect on investments. The long-term interest rate however, showed an overall significant... (More)
This paper examines how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected Swedish corporate investments and if it differs from previous economic crises. By using data on total investments and investments made in digitalization and IT of Swedish businesses between 1986 and 2022, two time series regressions examine the impact of crises on investments. The results give support for both hypotheses implying that the pandemic has had a different effect on corporate investments compared to previous economic crises. Furthermore, the results indicate that Sweden’s GDP, USA’s GDP, and the confidence indicator all individually had an overall significant and long-term positive effect on investments. The long-term interest rate however, showed an overall significant and long-term negative effect on investments. Based on the study’s results, one can conclude that the pandemic has not affected Swedish corporate investments as negatively as previous economic crises. However, the robustness of the results must be considered due to the low R2-values that are presented. Therefore, further research is required to be able to draw any definitive conclusions regarding the impact of pandemics and economic crises on corporate investments. (Less)
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author
Wasserman, Lukas LU and Sörensson, Gustav LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH02 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Covid-19, Economic crisis, Swedish firms, Corporate investments, IT and digitalization
language
Swedish
id
9118543
date added to LUP
2024-01-22 15:44:55
date last changed
2024-01-22 15:44:55
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  abstract     = {{This paper examines how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected Swedish corporate investments and if it differs from previous economic crises. By using data on total investments and investments made in digitalization and IT of Swedish businesses between 1986 and 2022, two time series regressions examine the impact of crises on investments. The results give support for both hypotheses implying that the pandemic has had a different effect on corporate investments compared to previous economic crises. Furthermore, the results indicate that Sweden’s GDP, USA’s GDP, and the confidence indicator all individually had an overall significant and long-term positive effect on investments. The long-term interest rate however, showed an overall significant and long-term negative effect on investments. Based on the study’s results, one can conclude that the pandemic has not affected Swedish corporate investments as negatively as previous economic crises. However, the robustness of the results must be considered due to the low R2-values that are presented. Therefore, further research is required to be able to draw any definitive conclusions regarding the impact of pandemics and economic crises on corporate investments.}},
  author       = {{Wasserman, Lukas and Sörensson, Gustav}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Hur har covid-19-pandemin påverkat svenska företagsinvesteringar och skiljer det sig från tidigare ekonomiska kriser?}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}