Department of Economics / Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik: Recent submissions
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The Psychology behind fast loans - Is there a pattern to who succumbs to the temptation of fast loans?
(2013-07-10)Since the first fast loan company entered the market in 2006, there has been an increasing amount of individuals who have become indebted and ended up at Kronofogden because they haven't been able to pay off their loans. ... -
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 ... -
How has travel behaviour changed since the implementation of the congestion tax in Gothenburg? - A survey study based on individuals living in Gråbo and Särö.
(2013-07-05)Emissions from car traffic are known to have a negative impact on the climate and on human health. To reduce these emissions and their impacts, a congestion tax was implemented in Gothenburg on the first of January 2013. ... -
Reducing Portfolio Risk Using Volatility - A risk-return examination of the addition of VIX and VIX futures contracts to an equity portfolio
(2013-07-05)This thesis examines the effects of adding volatility, as represented by the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) and VIX futures contracts, to a stock portfolio in terms of portfolio risk and portfolio return. The study is based ... -
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 ... -
The impact of basel II regulation in the european banking market - A panel data analysis approach
(2013-07-05)This thesis aims to investigate if the improved capital regulatory framework implemented by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has had any effect on the capital adequacy ratio of selected banks. A sample of ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Payment Method in Mergers and Acquisitions - A Study on Swedish firm´s Domestic and Cross-Border Acquisitions
(2013-07-04)In this study we investigate the effect of payment method used in 108 acquisitions made between 2010 and 2012 with a publicly listed Swedish firm as the bidder. We also control for deal-specific characteristics such as the ... -
A Performance Evaluation of Black Swan Investments.
(2013-07-04)This thesis evaluates an investment strategy that involves investing in ten out of the 30 most traded stocks listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, exploiting the market’s reaction to unpredicted events, so called Black ... -
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 ... -
Sample size calculation for longitudinal data of abdominal aortic aneurysm
(2013-07-02)Sample size calculation is a crucial step in all experimental design. In clinical research and drug development activities, it is required in order to be able to demonstrate a presumed statistical effect of a drug or a ... -
The impact of orphanhood and HIV/AIDS on school enrolment - Evidence from Zambia
(2013-06-20)HIV/AIDS has made a great number of children orphans in sub-Saharan Africa where Zambia is one of the worst hit countries. The impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has become an issue of not only health, but of cross-sectional ... -
Economic Analysis on Electrification of Rural Villages in Eastern Zambia
(2013-06-19)A large proportion of Zambia’s population lives in rural areas and only 3 percent of them have access to electricity. This means that they have to cook over open fire that requires firewood, and with a growing population ... -
The optimality of EMU - A comparative study
(2013-06-19)The aim of this macroeconomic study is to evaluate whether the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has become an optimum currency area (OCA) or not. To reach a conclusion about the optimality of EMU we have performed two ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Correlations within and between Markets and Commodities
(2013-06-13)With a growing interaction between markets, when all markets and exchanges are being inuenced by the globalisation, the correlations between markets and com- modity exchanges becomes an interesting topic. How are they ... -
Västlänken - Den samhällsekonomiska analysens roll i infrastrukturbeslut
(2013-06-13)Syftet med denna uppsats är att göra en analys av samhällsekonomiska nyttokostnadsanalyser och deras användning i beslutsfattandet av tågtunneln ”Västlänken” i Göteborg. Vår uppsats ger en översikt i hur nyttokostnadsanalyser ... -
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 ...