Search for dissertations about: "Financial Instruments"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 53 swedish dissertations containing the words Financial Instruments.
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6. Buying Conservation : Financial Incentives for Tropical Forest Conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Abstract : Market-based instruments have become a widely used approach to motivate landowners to conserve forests instead of clearing them. However, such market-based instruments are increasingly criticized for their simplistic view on complex environmental, social and economic issues; for their ethical stance; and for creating exchange value for essential ecosystems services, which potentially perpetuates a flawed economic system. READ MORE
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7. Information and Default Risk in Financial Valuation
Abstract : This thesis consists of an introduction and five articles in the field of financial mathematics. The main topics of the papers comprise credit risk modelling, optimal stopping theory, and Dynkin games. An underlying theme in all of the articles is valuation of various financial instruments. READ MORE
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8. Disclosures and Judgment in Financial Reporting - Essays on accounting quality under International Financial Reporting Standards
Abstract : As capital markets become more integrated and globalized, standard setting in financial accounting faces multiple challenges. Financial accounting standards must adapt and change in ways that make them usable to firms in varying institutional and economic settings, and by extension, make the financial state- ments produced under those standards useful to capital market participants worldwide. READ MORE
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9. Radial Basis Function generated Finite Difference Methods for Pricing of Financial Derivatives
Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to present state of the art in radial basis function generated finite difference (RBF-FD) methods for pricing of financial derivatives. This work provides a detailed overview of RBF-FD properties and challenges that arise when the RBF-FD methods are used in financial applications. READ MORE
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10. Financial Sector Reforms and Monetary Policy in Zambia
Abstract : The dissertation comprises four chapters focusing on issues concerning policy reforms and monetary policy in Zambia. Chapter 1 briefly outlines the theoretical foundations for the reforms undertaken in Zambia since the mid 1980s and the process thereof. READ MORE