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Market efficiency and herding: A cross-country analysis
(2014-06-24)
In this thesis we examine whether or not herd behavior, the act of market participants to ignore their own beliefs and instead follow the market consensus, is present in four different stock markets. To be able to establish ...
What about those zeroes - A Monte Carlo study of estimators for corner solution outcomes
(2014-05-12)
Partially continuous and limited dependent variables are commonly observed in empirical research. This thesis focuses on evaluating Tobit-type models, which are designed for these situations, with specific regard to small ...
Structural Transformation in the Agricultural Sector - Diversity in exports of Moquegua, Peru
(2014-06-27)
Economic development does not mean producing more of the same; instead, according to Rickardo Hausmann and his colleagues, it means to diversify and to produce more sophisticated goods. This thesis analyzes how this can ...
Food price inflation in Ethiopia - A case study of price transmission and unofficial trade from Djibouti, Kenya and Sudan to Ethiopia.
(2014-02-10)
During the recent global food price crises, in 2008 and 2011, Ethiopia had experienced an extreme inflation. The effect on long-term has been shown to determine the domestic prices which is a surprising result for a country ...
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 ...
VD-innehav och portföljavkastning
(2014-06-27)
Vi har undersökt relationen mellan VD-ägande och företags aktiekurser på Stockholmsbörsen mellan åren 2002-2007. Denna undersökning har visat på varierande resultat beroende på hur portföljerna är viktade. Genom att titta ...
Vinstmaximering och certifieringssystemens roll inom svenska skogsbruk.
(2014-08-29)
I denna uppsats undersöks om de certifieringssystem som berör svenska skogsbruk (FSC och PEFC) leder till att andelen produktiv skogsmark som frivilligt avsätts för naturvårdsändamål ökar genom att testa det bakomliggande ...
Does size matter? The Effect of Assets under Management on Tracking Error in the American ETF Market.
(2014-10-10)
Numerous studies have been conducted on the subject of tracking error of mutual funds and exchange traded funds in respect to their underlying indexes. In this paper we intend to shed some light on the causes of the tracking ...
DARFUR - En spelteoretisk analys av Darfurkonflikten 2003-2006
(2014-06-27)
Mer än 300 000 människor har dött i vad som betecknas folkmord och 2,7 miljoner människor har drivits på flykt. I mer än tio år har Darfurkonflikten pågått och fortfarande har inga ansvariga ställts inför rätta. 2003 anföll ...
The price of sustainability on the Swedish market - A study of ESG restrictions on value weighted portfolios
(2014-06-26)
In this paper, we evaluate value weighted portfolios with ESG constraints
on the Swedish stock market from 2009 to 2013. Most studies within this area
have not been able to show significant difference in performance ...