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Sysselsättningsgapet i Västra Götalandsregionen
(2019-02-15)
Sveriges höga välfärd baseras på att en stor andel av befolkningen förvärvsarbetar. För att bibehålla den höga välfärden även i framtiden behöver sysselsättningen ligga på samma nivå som idag. Eftersom en större del av ...
Why put that Seedling in the Ground - A Case Study of the TIST Tree Planting Program in Tamil Nadu India
(2015-02-20)
This study examines a reforestation program, TIST (The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program), and its effects on farmer's tree planting behavior. TIST is funded by selling carbon credits on the Voluntary ...
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 ...
Do Acquisition Announcements Have an Effect on the Acquiring Firm’s Credit Default Swap Spread?
(2012-04-26)
Credit Default Swaps are a recent financial innovation that allow bond owners to minimize their credit risk exposure by purchasing an insurance on the bonds in their portfolio. By paying a quarterly fee to the protection ...
En ekonometrisk undersökning av svensk verkstadsindustri
(2012-02-23)
I följande arbete har en ekonometrisk undersökning av svensk verkstadsindustri genomförts. Åtta bolag, registrerade på Stockholmsbörsen, och tillhörande verkstadsindustrin har valts ut. Dessa är Volvo AB, Sandvik, ABB, ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Effect pf Economic Inequality on Demand for Redistribtion
(2013-10-28)
In this paper we have examined the relationship between economic inequality and demand for redistribution for 23 OECD countries and 17 European countries respectively. We depart from two different theories with contradictory ...
Testing for Unit Root Processes for South American Countries
(2016-02-18)
In this thesis, we aim to test the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) hypothesis
on data from ten di erent South American countries, using di erent statistical
methods. We begin by testing the hypothesis using the standard ...
Towards Optimum: Can Europe become an optimum currency area
(2013-03-18)
The purpose of this thesis is to study the Eurozone and give an answer to the question: Can Europe become an optimum currency area? Our analysis is based on theory structured in the form of several criteria for an optimum ...