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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 ...
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 ...
Measuring the impact of the 2009 COP15 Copenhagen Summit - An event study of coal and solar portfolios in the United States of America and China
(2017-06-28)
One of the biggest challenges currently facing mankind is tackling the challenge of climate change. To mitigate this, there have been several multilateral conferences, where some steps have been taken. The Copenhagen Summit ...
Offentliga hälsoutgifter och hälsoutveckling: Har utvecklingsnivån någon betydelse?
(2017-07-03)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether public health expenditures can improve the health situation of a country. We also analyse if the effect is different depending on the degree of human development. To do this ...
Income recovery in urban and rural areas in Columbia
(2017-07-03)
This thesis investigates whether the household income recovery after a negative income shock, caused by a health or death shock, differs between urban and rural areas in Colombia. The hypothesis is that urban areas are ...