Påverkar Sveriges gängkriminalitet investeringsviljan i svenska aktier?
(2024) NEKH02 20232Department of Economics
- Abstract
- This paper explores whether rising gang-related crime in Sweden affects investment decisions in the Swedish stock market, particularly examining if its impact varies between Swedish and foreign investors. The study focuses exclusively on public owners, leaving out non-public entities like small investors. Utilizing data from 2004 to 2023, which includes the 30 most traded Swedish stocks, two hypotheses are tested using OLS regressions. The first hypothesis investigates the negative impact of crime on the stock market, while the second looks into differences based on the investor’s nationality. However, the results do not conclusively demonstrate a significant impact. This indicates the need for further research to clearly understand the... (More)
- This paper explores whether rising gang-related crime in Sweden affects investment decisions in the Swedish stock market, particularly examining if its impact varies between Swedish and foreign investors. The study focuses exclusively on public owners, leaving out non-public entities like small investors. Utilizing data from 2004 to 2023, which includes the 30 most traded Swedish stocks, two hypotheses are tested using OLS regressions. The first hypothesis investigates the negative impact of crime on the stock market, while the second looks into differences based on the investor’s nationality. However, the results do not conclusively demonstrate a significant impact. This indicates the need for further research to clearly understand the relationship between gang-related crime in Sweden and its influence on investment decisions in the stock market. (Less)
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- author
- Sjöblom, Filippa LU and Conradson, Viktor LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKH02 20232
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Gang-related crime, Swedish stock market, investment decisions, domestic and foreign investors, public and non-public owners.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9147001
- date added to LUP
- 2024-04-16 09:26:52
- date last changed
- 2024-04-16 09:26:52
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