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Socio-economic effects of an European Union membership - An empirical study of Hungary and Romania
(2015-07-02)
This study examines the socio-economic impact of European Union membership in Hungary and Romania. EU dictates and shapes institutions in member countries, as well as mandates certain reforms. Therefore it is likely that ...
Moving Beyond the Small Talk - The impact of mobile phones on economics performance in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2015-07-02)
This thesis is an addition to the growing body of economic research centred on the rapid diffusion of mobile phones in the developing world. The aim is to isolate and quantify the economic impact in terms of GDP per capita ...
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 ...
LÖNAR SIG FÖRETAGS MILJÖINTRESSE? Ett experiment om reservationslön och CSR
(2015-08-24)
Studier av bland andra Frank (2004) och Nyborg och Zhang (2012) har visat att det finns ett samband mellan ett CSR-arbete och lönenivå. Teorin är att anställda kan tänka sig att arbeta för lägre lön om företaget har ...
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 ...
The power of suggestion on consumers´preferences for organic produce
(2015-07-03)
Conventional production of fruits and vegetables entail the use of pesticides and other
poisonous chemicals. Producers use these poisonous chemicals in order to make the crops more
profitable by for example making them ...
Ethnocentric favoritism ethnic polarization and corruption tolerance - evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2015-07-02)
Earlier research on group identity has shown mixed effects of in-group favoritism (Rachel Kranton et. al. ; Helen Bernhard, Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher 2006 ; Lorenz Goette et. al 2006 ; Yan Chen and Sherry Xin Li 2009 ...
The Effects of the Swedish TGC System on the Development of Wind Power Production - An empirical analysis of the impact of the certificate price
(2015-07-03)
This thesis aims to examine how the implementation of the Tradable Green Certificate (TGC) system in Sweden has affected the development of wind power production. The main purpose is to investigate whether there exists an ...
A performance comparison between concentrated mutual funds and conventional mutual funds in Scandinavian countries
(2015-02-04)
Our thesis focuses on the Scandinavian fund market, where we compare concentrated funds with conventional funds during the time period 2009-2014. Funds have been divided into two separate categories: small/mid-cap funds ...
Bredbandsutbyggnadens påverkan på sysselsättningen
(2015-09-10)
This bachelor thesis looks into the effect of broadband coverage on employment in Swedish municipalities divided by different sectors using a multivariate regression model. It has long been argued whether broadband ...