Search for dissertations about: "Financial science"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 218 swedish dissertations containing the words Financial science.

2. 16. Essays on Incomplete Information in Financial Markets

   Author : Frederik Lundtofte; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Financial science; Finansiering; ekonomisk teori; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; factor pricing models; hedging demands; estimation risk; partial information; learning; economic systems;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays on incomplete information in financial markets, two of which are theoretical, and one that is mainly of an empirical nature. All three essays concern parameter uncertainty, and they employ a continuous-time framework. READ MORE

4. 17. Financial Volatility and Time-Varying Risk Premia

   Author : Peter Hördahl; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monte Carlo methods; Term structure of interest rates; Asymmetric variance; Time-varying risk premia; Volatility forecasting; CAPM; Conditional asset pricing models; Stochastic volatility; Volatility modeling; GARCH; Bond option pricing; Financial science; Finansiering;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirical essays, all dealing with return volatility of financial assets and/or time-varying risk premia. In the first essay, Changing Risk Premia: Evidence from a Small Open Economy, the relation between risk and return is investigated for Swedish stocks. READ MORE

5. 18. Essays on pig production efficiency and farmers' financial decisions under uncertainty

   Author : Katarina Labajova; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Recent structural changes in agricultural production towards fewer, but larger, units pose challenges for farmers in decision making about practical production and about managerial practices to increase efficiency, which are vital for farm productivity and profitability. In studies using mathematical programming and econometric models, this thesis evaluated farm-specific characteristics related to the individual technical efficiency (TE) of each input and output factor and of managerial characteristics associated with persistent TE (PTE) and residual TE (RTE). READ MORE

6. 19. Securing the working democracy : Inventive arrangements to guarantee circulation and the emergence of democracy policy

   Author : Marcel Mangold; Peter Strandbrink; Inga Brandell; Patrik Hall; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; genealogy; democracy policy; circulation; governmentality; dispositif; Swedish politics; värdegrund; exclusion; violencepromoting extremism; Foucault; Rancière; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering;

   Abstract : In the 1990s, Swedish democracy's ability to remain strong and renew itself became increasingly questioned in government commission reports and social-scientific writings. The perceptions of the financial crisis in 1992–1994, new identities, immigration and changes in participation in civic associations and organizations were listed as challenges to democracy. READ MORE

7. 20. Mothers' Social Citizenship : The logics and effects of the German and Swedish welfare states

   Author : Hanne Martinek; Christina Bergqvist; Tine Rostgaard; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social citizenship; welfare regime; social rights; family policies; parental insurance; public child care; universalism; equivalence; redistribution; gender equality; social equality;

   Abstract : In recent decades, the strong influence of the male breadwinner model of welfare is increasingly being replaced by the adult worker model all across Europe. This development has had a crucial influence on mothers’ social rights. READ MORE