Department of Economics / Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik: Recent submissions
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Riksbanken och Taylorregeln - En undersökning av svensk penningpolitik 1995-2016
(2017-02-10)Taylorregeln är förmodligen det mest kända exemplet på en instrumentregel för hur penningpolitiken bör utformas. Samtidigt finns det ingen centralbank i världen som officiellt följer den. I den här uppsatsen undersöks ... -
Institutional Barriers for FDI in Rwanda´s Power Sector
(2017-02-09)Background Even though only 24.5 percent of the Rwandan households have access to the national power grid, the electricity supply has difficulties to meet the peak demand. Previous research has shown that lack of electricity ... -
Does gender balance on the corporate board have an impact on the equity performance?
(2017-02-09)The objective of this thesis is to examine whether a gender equal board of directors have an impact on the equity performance during the examination period of December 2011 to December 2016. This study shows that the gender ... -
DETERMINANTS OF PROFITABILITY IN MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
(2016-12-19)The aim of this study was to investigate and present the most prominent determinants of pro tability of micro nance institutions (MFI) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Creating an empirical framework including variables concluded ... -
Conditional cooperation for mitigating effects of climate change in rural Nepal
(2016-11-16)Due to the climate warming effects the glacier lakes of the Khumbu has started to form and grow in size and the natural moraine dams give poor support to the expanding lakes. In order to find out how much the sherpa people ... -
The production effect of FDI - A comparison between USA and the Nordic countries
(2016-09-26)Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a cross-border investment made by entities from one country to another. The investment is important for both involved parties, contributing to technology, know-how and knowledge. The study ... -
Effekten av Mobile Banking på sparande, en studie baserad på Afrika, söder om Sahara
(2016-09-20)Sparande kan generera tillväxt via investeringar, tillväxt kan i sin tur minska fattigdomen genom att fler människors ekonomiska situation höjs från fattigdomsgränsen. Därför är det intressant huruvida sparande kan öka när ... -
Värdet av Delsjöområdets naturreservat - en empirisk tillämpning av hedoniska prissättningsmetoden på småhus i östra Göteborg
(2016-09-16)Människors välfärd beror inte bara på deras konsumtion av varor från inkomsten, utan också på nyttan av exempelvis miljötjänster så som rekreation. Dessa kollektiva nyttigheter är normalt icke prissatta på en marknad och ... -
Orphaned children´s school attendance in Kenya
(2016-09-16)This paper aims to investigate how school attendance differs for orphan children living at orphanages and orphan children living in the family based care called “Kinship care” in Nairobi, Kenya. The data was retrieved ... -
Reporäntans inverkan på bostadsmarknaden - Hur lägre räntor påverkar priset för en bostadsrätt
(2016-09-16)Ur ett historiskt perspektiv har bankernas bolåneräntor följt reporäntan. Enligt Riksbanken har ändrade regler angående hur bankerna finansierar sina lån gjort det dyrare för bankerna att låna ut pengar. De nya reglerna ... -
Efficient Market Hypothesis: Testing for Price Predictability on the OMX Stockholm 30 Index
(2016-09-15)The use of historical information to predict future pricing of equities has been a topic of debate among the financial community for some time. This study examines the issue by testing for statistical significance on lagged ... -
The linkage between liquidity management and capital structure- a comparative analysis essay between real estate and IT companies in Sweden
(2016-09-05)This thesis tries to contribute to corporate finance through the study of the link between liquidity and capital structure of two different sectors in Sweden. The link between liquidity and capital structure is ambiguous ... -
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 ... -
Positionality in Uganda - A minor field study on relative concerns amongst the poor
(2016-08-24)This study uses a survey experimental approach in order to quantify concerns for relative position in rural and urban Uganda along the dimensions of income, education and weddings. Positionality was found to be overall ... -
Forced Sustainability - a stated preferences study investigating expected compliance with an externally imposed diet restriction
(2016-08-11)The municipality of Gothenburg aims to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions stemming from meals served within the public sector, partially by substituting meat with plant-based alternatives within the schooling ... -
Så värderar allmänheten två av Sveriges nationalparker - En betalningsviljestudie för Store Mosse och Söderåsens nationalpark
(2016-07-05)Nationalparker är de naturområden i Sverige med starkast skydd. Större delen av svenska folket tycker att nationalparker är viktiga att bevara men en studie på hur befolkningen värderar nationalparker i monetära termer ... -
Measuring inflation - History, theory, applications and importance
(2016-07-05)Sweden and other western economies have been battling low rates of inflation since the eco-nomic crisis of 2008. However, the Swedish economy is booming, with soaring house prices and falling rate of unemployment which got ... -
Leder mer bistånd till ökat humankapital i Afrika söder om Sahara? En empirisk studie
(2016-07-05)Biståndets möjliga inverkan på ekonomisk tillväxt är ett omdiskuterat ämne i tidigare litteratur där det både finns studier som finner att bistånd har positiv inverkan på tillväxt och studier som hävdar att bistånd ej ... -
All or Nothing - A Study of Optimal Investment Behavior with Regards to Risk and Return
(2016-07-05)The financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 lead to great instability on the financial market as stock prices fell rapidly to then progressively increase again. Further on, in February 2015, Sweden experienced a negative repo ... -
Intergenerational Mobility and Education - Evidence from Latin America
(2016-07-05)The main objective of this study is to investigate the extent of social mobility in Latin America. Using educational attainment as a proxy for socioeconomic status in 18 Latin American countries, this study estimates ...