Browsing Magisteruppsatser by Title
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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 ... -
CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR ECO- AND FAIR TRADE CLOTHES IN GOTHENBURG
(2012-03-01)The aim of this thesis is to examine consumers’ attitudes and preferences towards eco and fair trade clothes in Gothenburg. As the market of these products is inadequate we conducted a contingent valuation (CV) study asking ... -
Daily Temperature Modelling for Weather Derivative Pricing - A Comparative Index Forecast Analysis of Adapted Popular Temperature Models
(2013-07-05)This study aims to construct improved daily air temperature models to obtain more precise index values for New York LaGuardia and, thus, more accurate weather derivative prices for contracts written on that location. The ... -
Democratic Effects on Public Spending - A Study of the Post-Soviet Context
(2013-07-10)The degree of democracy is an important factor determining a country’s welfare through the formation of policies and the government’s priorities. This study explores in a quantitative framework the effect of democracy on ... -
Determinants of under-5 mortality in Uganda: an econometric analysis
(2016-08-25)Infant and child mortality rates are among the most important indicators of child health, nutrition, implementation of key survival interventions, and the overall social and economic development of a population. Economics ... -
Detoxing by Taxing - A National Tax on Clothes Containing Chemicals?
(2013-07-05)Growing wealth and globalization have lead to increasing consumption of clothes and shoes in Sweden. Environmental organizations have shown that some clothes and shoes contain chemicals that are hazardous for both the ... -
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, ... -
Entry into the Coffee Shop Market – Starbucks establishes in Gothenburg. The demand and supply of the domestic coffee shop market
(2012-02-14)This thesis discusses the expansion of Starbucks to Gothenburg and their main preconditions and challenges when establishing. It also looks at the state of competition on the local coffee shop market, students’ preferences ... -
Etiska och traditionella fonder - En utvärdering av risk och avkastning
(2019-06-18)Inom den finansiella sektorn förekommer en kontinuerlig utveckling av nya produkter och tjänster för att anpassa sig till dels hur den finansiella marknaden förändrar sig samt hur samhället och deras kunders krav förändras. ... -
Examining exchange rate return factors before and after the Lehman bankruptcy
(2013-06-14)This thesis examines exchange rate return factors of holding USD before and after Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy on September 15th 2008, by analysing the relationship with multiple regressions and correlation to trace any ... -
Exchange rates and stock markets
(2013-07-04)The study employs a vector error correction model, cointegration analysis and Granger causality test to examine the short- and long-run dynamic relationship between the USD/SEK exchange rate and the OMXS30. In the short-run ... -
Funds Management Fees - Do you get what you pay for?
(2014-06-17)In this thesis, we study the relationship of 194 mutual funds’ management fees with respect to the funds’ risk-adjusted return, the alpha, derived from the four-factor model as defined by Carhart in 1997. This relationship ... -
Gender and Cost-Effectiveness in Public Work Programmes
(2013-05-28)Public work programmes (PWP) are a popular part of development strategies and poverty reduction schemes and Bolivia were receivers of international aid for two workfare programmes during 2004 and 2006. To analyse how well ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Innovation and Financial Development from a Global Perspective - Empirical Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in Developing Countries
(2013-10-17)Abstract Financial development, i.e. access to finance, is needed for innovation and to resolve the current under-allocation of innovation investments in small firms in countries with lower financial development. Using ... -
Köpvärda bolag inom telekombranschen
(2013-05-13)Här beskriver vi hur väl vi lyckats besvara vår frågeställning och hur syftet med uppsatsen uppfyllts. I denna uppsats har vi undersökt och värderat åtta ledande telekombolag i Europa. De värderingsmetoder vi använt oss ... -
Lönegapet
(2013-03-14)This essay is using theories about social norms, and wage determination to evaluate why there is a gender wage gap on the Swedish labour market. To identify the essence of the gender wage gap investigations on specific ... -
Patents and Market Efficiency - An Analysis of Non-Qualitative Patents.
(2013-07-04)The importance of intellectual property and intellectual property rights in today’s economy steadily increases. By conducting event studies this report investigates whether the market is efficient when it comes to the ... -
Stock market interdependencies - Evidence from the Eurozone´s southern periphery before and after the outbreak of the European debt crisis
(2013-09-18)Recent events in the Eurozone´s southern periphery have directed much interest to the region but only a limited number of studies have targeted the market interdependencies among these counties. This thesis examines the ...