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House Prices for Real – The Determinants of Swedish Nominal Real Estate Prices
(2013-01-11)We examined what drives Swedish real estate price changes in general and whether or not Swedish real estate is currently overvalued. We examined if money supply is an important factor in particular. In accordance with ... -
How Does Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards Affect the Firm Financial Performance?
(2016-01-22)The aim of this thesis is to determine whether gender diversity in corporate boards has an impact on firm financial performance of Swedish OMX-listed firms. The study is conducted in Sweden, as there is frequent political ... -
How has travel behaviour changed since the implementation of the congestion tax in Gothenburg? - A survey study based on individuals living in Gråbo and Särö.
(2013-07-05)Emissions from car traffic are known to have a negative impact on the climate and on human health. To reduce these emissions and their impacts, a congestion tax was implemented in Gothenburg on the first of January 2013. ... -
How have the sanctions against Russia and their counter sanctions affected the Russian trade? - An anlaysis of panel data using the gravity model
(2020-06-29)Economic sanctions are prevalent in the modern world as an alternative to war, instead aiming to maim economic growth and power by hindering trade. In recent times, sanctions have been imposed against many countries, Russia ... -
How much can an increased solar power production actually benefit rural, energy-poor areas of Africa?
(2018-07-03)There has been a surge in solar power in the last decade which has opened up possibilities for rural, energy poor areas to become electrified. Access to electricity is fundamental for economic growth and human prosperity ... -
How to choose green?
(2022-02-28)This paper investigates if there is any difference between active managed funds and passive managed funds in regard to their risk-adjusted return. The thesis focuses on Swedish sustainable funds that invest in accordance ... -
Hur kryptovalutor påverkas av centralbankers räntebesked - Är kryptovalutamarknadens prisutveckling oberoende av globala penningpolitiska beslut?
(2020-02-18)There are currently almost 5,000 listed cryptocurrencies with a market value of over $200 billion, claiming to be independent of governmental decisions (Coinmarketcap, 2019). The aim with this study was to investigate ... -
Hur mycket installerad solcellseffekt (W) har solcellsstödet bidragit med i Sverige?
(2019-07-12)Sverige använder för lite solenergi idag jämfört med andra europeiska länder med samma solinstrålning. Tysklands utbyggnad av solcellsanläggningar har varit framgångsrikt och står idag för 8 % av energitillförseln av solel. ... -
Hur påverkar korruption spädbarnsdödligheten i medelinkomst- & utvecklingsländer? - En empirisk analys
(2017-06-27)Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka hur offentliga sjukvårdsutgifter och korruption påverkar spädbarnsdödlighet. Sambanden mellan variablerna undersöks med hjälp av OLS (ordinary least squares) regressionsanalyser. ... -
Hur påverkas humankapitalet av migrationen mellan länderna i Nord? - En studien av fenomenen brain drain och brain gain i Ungern.
(2013-06-14)Brain drain innebär förlorat humankapital till följd av migration och förknippas oftast med högutbildade medborgares flytt till utlandet. Brain gain innebär å andra sidan ökat humankapital, antingen till följd av att ... -
Hur skiljer sig tillgängligheten till fristående grundskolor i Sverige?
(2017-07-03)Enligt skollagen ska alla kommuner erbjuda likvärdig utbildning i Sverige. Med utgångspunkt i studier som antyder att förekomsten av fristående grundskolor på skolmarknaden leder till en högre utbildningskvalitet, för både ... -
Husstockens påverkan på köpeskillingen - Småhusstockens effekt på den genomsnittliga köpeskillingen i svenska kommuner
(2021-07-02)Nominal house prices in Sweden have more than doubled, on average, over the last two decades. However, the housing market is fragmented, and the price increase varies from a modest 22 % to a sizable 443 %, depending on the ... -
Hysteresis fakta eller fiktion - en studie om arbetslöshet i Sverige
(2022-07-14)Hysteresis is an often discussed phenomenon in the field of labor economics. Hysteresis is theoretically defined as a temporary decline in labor demand, which lingers and creates a permanent higher rate of unemployment. ... -
I FLYKTINGKRISENS SPÅR - En paneldata-analys över andel utrikes födda, flyktingar och dess effekt på löner.
(2018-04-11)In this essay, we examine if the share of foreign born citizens’ effects average income of different occupations in a region. Further we examine if those effects are due to the number of refugees that the region has ... -
Idealisk demokrati - genväg eller omväg till ekonomisk tillväxt?
(2019-04-23)This paper is a cross-national panel study on the linkages between economic growth and democracy. The main purpose of this study is to analyze whether there is a significant difference in how different types of democracies ... -
Idrottens betydelse, nationella effekter av sportslig framgång.
(2022-09-05)The connection between sports and economy is widely discussed in many different fields and circumstances. However, the discussions usually regard the effect that money has on sports, rather than the other way around. Setting ... -
Immigration och andelen förvärvsarbetande - En studie i hur immigration påverkar andelen förvärvsarbetande i Sverige
(2017-02-10)Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka immigrationens påverkan på det Totala åldersspannet förvärvsarbetande och andelen förvärvsarbetande i Arbetsför ålder i Sverige. Tidigare litteratur är kluven beträffande vilken ... -
Immigration, education and employment - Does education affect assimilation of migrants in the labor market?
(2019-07-11)The aim of this paper is to analyze how the level of education affects the probability of being employed for immigrants in the United States (U.S.) during the period 2000-2017. To be able to estimate the effect of education, ... -
Impacts of Fairtrade on Small-Scale Cotton Producers - A field study in rural India.
(2017-09-20)ABSTRACT The number of Fairtrade labeled products in the stores continues to increase and more and more consumers choose Fairtrade as an alternative to conventional products. Fairtrade seeks to improve the livelihoods of ... -
Importance of daily data in long horizon inflation forecasting - a MIDAS approach
(2018-02-19)We examine the accuracy of forecast models for the monthly Euro area inflation, focusing on the MIDAS approach. We compare two mixed frequency models with four low frequency models, using fourteen mixed frequency variables ...