Search for dissertations about: "Discount rates"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words Discount rates.

  2. 1. Essays on the term structure of interest rates

    Author : Magnus Hyll; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This volume contains five essays on topics related to interest rate theory.The first essay, Affine Term Structures and Short-Rate Realizations of Forward Rate Models Driven by Jump-Diffusion Processes, examines the problem of determining when a given forward rate model has a short-rate realization, and when a short-rate model gives rise to an affine term structure. READ MORE

  4. 2. Risk and Rates of Time Preferences of Farm Households in Ethiopia: Implications on land investment decisions

    Author : Mahmud Yesuf; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Summary Paper 1: Risk Preferences of Farm Households in Ethiopia: Implications to Land Investment Decisions This paper measures farmers' attitude towards risk using an experimental approach for a sample of 262 farm households in Ethiopian highlands. We find more than 50 percent of the households in severe to extreme risk aversion category, unlike similar studies in Asia, where the vast majorities are found under moderate to intermediate risk aversion category. READ MORE

  5. 3. On monetary policy and interest rate determination in an open economy

    Author : Lars Hörngren; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Swedish financial markets, in particular the money market, have developed very rapidly during the 1980s. Concurrently, there has been an equally drastic change in the conduct of monetary policy and a shift away from the previous reliance on regulatory policy instruments. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays in Real Estate Finance

    Author : Timotheos Mavropoulos; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The paper investigates the effect of the property taxation reform introduced in Sweden after April 2997 on the market price of the affected properties (one-family houses). Inference is focused  on discount rates, growth rates and the implied degree of tax capitalization. READ MORE

  7. 5. Studies in company valuation

    Author : Per Olsson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with accounting-based equity valuation models. The first study contrasts the performance of three commonly used valuation models, using a large sample of analysts’ forecasts of the elements valued by these models (free cash flow, dividends and abnormal earnings/residual income). READ MORE