Research in the spotlight
Explore the latest research from the Swedish House of Finance.
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Low interest rates and pension promises a threat to government stability
2016-12-22
Low interest rates are good for borrowers. That’s a common statement, but not entirely true. For pension sponsors falling interest rates can be a huge problem – and even lead to bankruptcy. Professor...
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Video: Nobel laureates visited Swedish House of Finance
2016-12-13
Why be short termist, if the long term consequences of that strategy is priced into the market? And are corporate raiders good for shareholders? Those were two of the issues discussed when Nobel...
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"It took hundreds of years to create money that was traded at par"
2016-11-28
At the time of the first financial crises, there was no central bank and the value of a bank note could not be taken for granted."It took hundreds of years to create a coin that was traded at par",...
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Female executives in finance more likely to leave employer than in any other industry
2016-11-21
Sweden and Norway have the highest representation of women on Executive Committees globally according to the Oliver Wyman report Women in Financial Services 2016. However, global data shows that women...
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From Swedish House of Finance to China – PhD starts course in big data
2016-10-21
A recent PhD från Stockholm School of Economics, Tomas Thörnquist is leaving the Swedish House of Finance for an appointment as research assistant professor at HKUST Business School, China.
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"The people are the most important at Swedish House of Finance"
2016-10-19
After getting her PhD from Stockholm School of Economics, Egle Karmaziene has left Swedish House of Finance for the Netherlands – to work as assistant professor at the University of Groningen.
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The Future of the EU and the EMU
2016-08-30
What does Brexit mean for Europe - and what future reforms await the European Monetary Union?
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Women in P/E meet at the Swedish House of Finance
2016-08-15
Recruiting and retaining women has been an issue for the Private Equity-industry for a long time. On 8 June the network Women in P/E met at a breakfast meeting at the Swedish House of Finance to share...
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Leading international academics meet in Stockholm to debate corporate governance research
2016-06-15
International academics from the world’s leading universities arrived in Stockholm on June 10 to take part in the 2016 Global Corporate Governance Colloquia (GCGC) conference.
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Climate Risks and Market Efficiency
2016-06-15
Do markets price in climate risks brought on by climate change? That was the question on 18 May when Harrison Hong, Professor of Finance and Economics at Princeton University and Frédéric Samama,...