Browsing Master theses by Title
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Do Swedish upper Secondary Schools Compete through Grade Inflation?
(2016-10-05)This paper studies the relationship between school competition and grade inflation in Swedish upper secondary schooling. It contributes to the literature by introducing a new measure of grade inflation not previously used ... -
Do the right thing- A paradox theory approach to corporate sustainability strategies
(2021-06-24)Through a never-before-seen momentum, the concept of corporate sustainability has become a considerable part of the corporate world. In the past couple of years, more and more multinational corporations have tried to ... -
Do Trading Companies Need to Change their Business Models in Response to a General Trend of Increasing Transparency in International Business? A case study on five Swedish trading companies
(2016-10-07)As globalization is increasing in pace whilst technological improvements are connecting individuals from all across the world; trading companies, who previously were found to thrive on idiosyncratic knowledge and ... -
Do you want to swap? A study of the liquidity risk in the SEK interest rate swap market
(2023-06-29)Interest rate swaps are one of the world’s most essential interest rate derivatives. It is therefore important to understand the pricing of these agreements, and how the market is functioning. This study is inspired by ... -
Does Enterprise Risk Management Matter? A study of Swedish listed firms during the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis.
(2017-07-26)Empirical findings on Enterprise Risk Management suggests that it can have a positive impact on firm performance, since it focuses on an integrated risk management framework which provides the firm with a better resource ... -
Does ESG performance influence M&A premium? - A quantitative study of the ESG impact on M&A premium, using an international sample for deals announced from 2003-to 2021
(2022-06-30)This thesis examines the relationship between target firms' ESG performance and M&A premium. This is done through three multivariate regression analyses. The results show that target shareholder wealth during takeovers ... -
Does ESG-score matter to investors? - An EU Taxonomy Perspective
(2023-07-03)Since the introduction of the EU Taxonomy, it is still unclear how it affects investors' perception and actions towards high ESG-scoring firms, and whether it effectively promotes sustainable investing. The implications ... -
Does Export Composition Determine the Forecasting Power of Exchange Rates on Commodity Prices?
(2012-07-24)It is important for both inflation control and production planning to have reliable predictions on primary commodity prices. Previous studies show that “commodity currencies”, currencies of countries with large primary ... -
DOES INNOVATION REDUCE THE GENDER EMPLOYMENT GAP?- Evidence from EU member states, 1998 -2020
(2023-10-10)This thesis evaluates wether a change in investment in Research and Development will decrease Gender employment gap of students with tertiary education.We use national level panal data,covering all countries in the European ... -
Does internet voting in Estonia affect voter turnout?
(2017-09-11)Internet voting has been an option to traditional voting in Estonia since 2005, which allows for a study to detect a potential effect of this new voting method on voter participation. This study aims to examine this effect ... -
Does it pay to be transparent? - An empirical study on the relationship between yield and transparency for EU corporate green bonds
(2023-07-03)This thesis uses OLS methodology to investigate the relationship between yields and transparency on green bonds. Transparency is divided into three categories: Self-labeled green bonds following the voluntary GBP framework, ... -
Does Labour Work? A Macroeconomic Perspective on Work Time Reduction
(2023-06-29)We conduct an empirical study on work time reduction and its accompanying macroeconomic outcomes across countries. Specifically, we frame the analysis in the context of neoclassical and post-Keynesian economic theory, ... -
Does managerial skill exist? - A study of value added and its impact on mutual fund performance
(2021-06-30)This thesis investigates and compares the relationship between managerial skill and its impact on open-end mutual fund performance in terms of net alpha. The approach is to study managerial skill measured in terms of ... -
Does Ownership have an Effect on Accounting Quality?
(2013-07-02)Research on accounting quality in banks has evolved around the manipulation of the Loan Loss Provision and has been discussed in terms of earnings management and income smoothing. Key variables used to explain the manipulation ... -
Does Primary Education Affect Intimate Partner Violence Against Women? Evidence from Malawi
(2016-09-08)This paper studies the causal effect of educational attainment on the experience of intimate partner violence and attitudes toward intimate partner violence in Malawi. Using data from the Demographic Health Survey, this ... -
Does Proximity Matter? A quantitative study of residential return after a hypothetical nuclear accident in Sweden
(2020-07-10)After observing an unwillingness to return among the residents in Fukushima following the nuclear accident in 2011, the question has been raised whether a similar response to a nuclear fallout should be expected among ... -
Does real estate deliver diversification when needed the most? - A dynamic conditional correlation study of REITs in a mixed-asset portfolio
(2017-07-26)Real estate has traditionally been favored in a mixed-asset portfolio due to its risk-return characteristics and diversification benefits. The recent global financial crisis challenged this perception of advantages ... -
Does supplying organic wines enhance a firm's brand image? An empirical approach on the Swedish red wine market
(2018-07-06)In an era of growing popularity of organic products, the term Organic remains a resonant symbol of quality in Sweden. It conveys a certain image of the brand, which is vital for a firm to build a successful brand image ... -
Does the design of CEO equity-based compensation contracts mitigate agency costs? Evidence from the U.K.
(2019-08-09)Using a sample of 185 U.K. firms over the time-period 2013 to 2017, we investigate if the degree of granted CEO equity-based compensation is positively associated with audit fees. Further, we investigate whether the ...