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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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Interview: "Potential" and Gender Promotion Gap with Kelly Shue
2022-12-19
Why are women perceived to have less potential for management than men? How can firms reduce bias and reduce the gender gap in promotion and pay? Watch our interview with Yale's professor Kelly Shue.
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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...
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Call for papers: Harnessing Finance for Climate
2022-11-17
We invite submissions of papers on issues relating to climate finance for a conference in Stockholm, on May 23, 2023. Submission deadline: January 15, 2023.
