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Our researchers' perspectives on rising business insolvencies
2023-02-17
Business insolvency is on the rise across Europe as companies are under economic pressure and have to start repaying state-backed loans that were introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have...
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Using data to understand inequality
2023-02-08
Paolo Sodini is Professor of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics. He is the director of the Institute for Microdata (MiDa), which promotes the dissemination and use of unaggregated,...
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SHoF tracks representation of female researchers in finance
2023-01-30
How gender-equal is higher education? The Swedish House of Finance launches the “Women in Finance Database” to facilitate fact-finding and induce action from academic institutions. In 2021, only 20%...
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Research into how the world’s largest carbon pricing market impacts firm behavior receives 5.1 million SEK grant
2023-01-24
SHoF’s Per Strömberg, Gustav Martinsson and Christian Thomann received the grant from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation.
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The pace of change: how can investors generate the fastest environmental impact?
2023-01-12
Acquiring dirty firms to turn them green will create impact but buying companies that are already green—at a premium—may create impact more quickly, a new study shows.
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Interview: Opportunities and Challenges of ESG Investing with Laura Starks
2023-01-09
What are the considerations regarding environment, social and governance (ESG) investing? How do investors’ financial risk and return considerations (i.e., ESG value) stack up against their...
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Trill Impact to fund Swedish House of Finance research in sustainable finance
2022-12-16
Trill Impact has agreed to initiate a collaboration and provide financial support to the Swedish House of Finance (SHoF). Some of the funding provided by the private investments firm will be dedicated...
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Nobel Prize 2022: What is the role of banks in financial crises?
2022-12-05
We sat down with our former director, Per Strömberg, a professor of finance at the Stockholm School of Economics and a member of the Nobel Prize Committee to discuss this year's economic sciences...
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Research project investigating economic policies that prevent and mitigate crises receives SEK 17 million grant
2022-11-30
Researchers from SHoF, Stockholm University (SU) and the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) received a grant for a research project looking into how economic policies can prevent—and...
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In memory of Hans Dalborg
2022-11-21
Hans Dalborg sadly passed away on October 26th, after a period of illness. We highlight his contributions to the establishment and development of SHoF as well as to research education and the...