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Can AI Predict the Stock Market? A CNN-BiLSTM Based Analysis of Macroeconomic Indicators' Effect on OMXS30
(2025-02-21)Forecasting time series within the financial markets is one of the most fundamental subjects in economics. These markets are highly complex due to their nonlinear behaviour, where uncertainty and unpredictability play a ... -
Capacity Building for Smallholders - Experiences from a field study in Malawi
(2014-01-17)Agriculture is the livelihood for the majority of the world’s rural population and development in the sector is thus highly relevant in order to reduce poverty for a great share of the poorest. In this paper the aim is to ... -
Capital Structure and Stock Returns - A study of the Swedish large cap companies
(2015-06-03)This study uses multiple regression models to examine how capital structure and stock returns affect each other. Using a panel data study that includes 50 Swedish companies over a period of five years, the results show ... -
Carry trade optimization
(2015-02-06)This thesis investigates various possible improvements of implementing the carry trade. For this purpose a number of benchmark carry trade strategies are formed to which the results of the modified strategies are compared. ... -
Central Banks' Effect on Bitcoin Returns: An Event Study
(2022-07-08)Bitcoin has become established in the financial system and has a volatile price development. Lacking trust in the financial system and monetary policy has led to increased adoption of Bitcoin. The regulation of Bitcoin can ... -
Chinese Foreign Direct Investments in the Zambian mining sector
(2012-12-19)Title: Chinese Foreign Direct Investments in the Zambian Mining Sector Authors: Louise Granath and Marika Larsson Supervisor: Prof. Arne Bigsten Pages: 75 Background and Problem: China’s presence and influence on ... -
Closing the skills gap - A study of the ICT-sector and the higher education system in Mauritius
(2022-09-05)The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is expanding rapidly in many parts of the world. In Mauritius, the demand for skilled labour in ICT exceeds the supply. This mismatch between supply and demand has ... -
COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION - Business-to-consumer sharing and its economic impact on consumers
(2017-06-27)Collaborative consumption, which strives to increase the use of underused goods, has the potential to change the unsustainable trend of consumption while still benefitting consumers economically. Yet, the collaborative ... -
Competition in the Swedish mutual fund industry
(2014-06-24)The mutual fund industry plays an important role in the Swedish society where a part of the future income for all people is linked to the return of Swedish mutual fund industry and its assets. The purpose of this thesis ... -
Conditional cooperation for mitigating effects of climate change in rural Nepal
(2016-11-16)Due to the climate warming effects the glacier lakes of the Khumbu has started to form and grow in size and the natural moraine dams give poor support to the expanding lakes. In order to find out how much the sherpa people ... -
CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR ECO- AND FAIR TRADE CLOTHES IN GOTHENBURG
(2012-03-01)The aim of this thesis is to examine consumers’ attitudes and preferences towards eco and fair trade clothes in Gothenburg. As the market of these products is inadequate we conducted a contingent valuation (CV) study asking ... -
Consumers and the Circular Economy - A study of consumer behavior about recycling and reuse of mobile phones
(2017-06-28)The aim of the study was to research consumer behavior concerning past-use and end-of-life WEEE in Sweden, with a particular focus on consumer attitudes towards recycling and reuse of used mobile phones in the context of ... -
Consumption changes due to expected future income as a result of Covid-19
(2021-07-02)This thesis aims to investigate the effects of the pandemic on individuals’ expectations regarding future income and thus their consumption behavior. The research will therefore contribute with new insights into the ... -
CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY PREDICTION USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES
(2017-11-06)Estimating the risk of corporate bankruptcies is of large importance to creditors and in- vestors. For this reason bankruptcy prediction constitutes an important area of research. In recent years artificial intelligence ... -
Corporate Sustainability and the Financial Implications for the European Basic Materials Industry
(2015-08-27)In this thesis we investigate the relationship between sustainable performance and firm performance within the basic materials industry. Specifically, and in line with prior studies, we demonstrate a significant, negative ... -
Corporate Transformation under Private Equity Ownership
(2013-08-05)This thesis aims at investigating and comparing financial changes in private equity owned companies to non-private equity owned companies. We have done this by selecting 25 companies that have been exited by a private ... -
Correlation and causality between the S&P 500 and Bitcoin: A comparative study before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2023-06-29)This undergraduate dissertation examines the correlation and causality between the S&P 500 and Bitcoin, both prior to and amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this research is to offer novel perspectives on the ... -
Correlations within and between Markets and Commodities
(2013-06-13)With a growing interaction between markets, when all markets and exchanges are being inuenced by the globalisation, the correlations between markets and com- modity exchanges becomes an interesting topic. How are they ... -
Corrupted Estimates? Response Bias in Citizen Surveys on Corruption
(2019-02-26)There is now a near consensus among researchers about the destructive consequences of corruption. In the light of this, measuring corruption has become a global industry. An important and commonly used data source are ... -
Corruption and health in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2015-04-28)The impact of health on economic growth has been widely discussed in previous literature. The literature indicates that a healthier population leads to economic growth. This thesis studies the relationship between corruption ...