Search for dissertations about: "Information markets"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 277 swedish dissertations containing the words Information markets.

2. 1. Information and financial markets

   Author : Stefan Anchev; Jörgen Hellström; Rickard Olsson; Juha-Pekka Kallunki; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information; dissemination of information; production of private information; information disadvantage; investor base; stock return anomalies; stock price informativeness; quantity of firm disclosure; less sophisticated individual investors;

   Abstract : The results in this thesis are consistent with the hypotheses that: 1) the incomplete dissemination of information across investors helps in explaining the occurrence and the persistence of cross-sectional stock return anomalies, 2) the properties of the investor base of a stock have implications for the informativeness of the stock's price and 3) a greater quantity of firm disclosure places less sophisticated investors at an information disadvantage. Overall, the thesis provides new empirical evidence about the role of information in financial markets. READ MORE

4. 2. Information, Markets and Conflict : Essays on Development and Political Economics

   Author : David Yanagizawa Drott; Jakob Svensson; La Ferrara Eliana; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information; Mass Media; Propaganda; Market Information; Conflict; Genocide; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of four essays.The first essay, “The Strategic Determinants of U.S. Human Rights Reporting: Evidence from the Cold War”, uses a country-level panel dataset to test the hypothesis that the United States biases its human rights reports of countries based on the strategic value of these countries. READ MORE

5. 3. Designing Information Systems : A pragmatic account

   Author : Jonas Sjöström; Pär Johan Ågerfalk; Göran Goldkuhl; Else Nygren; Richard Baskerville; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; information systems; design; pragmatism; design research; it artefact; Informatics and systems science; Informatik och systemvetenskap; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap; Informatics; Informatik; Data- och systemvetenskap; Computer Systems Sciences;

   Abstract : Information technology (IT) plays an increasingly important role for individuals, organizations, markets, and society as a whole. IT systems are artefacts (human made objects) designed for various purposes. READ MORE

6. 4. Algorithms for Electronic Power Markets

   Author : Per Carlsson; Arne Andersson; Fredrik Ygge; Håkan Jonsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; multi-commodity markets; electronic markets; computational markets; equilibrium markets; resource allocation; power markets; computational complexity; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : In this thesis we focus resource allocation problems and electronic markets in particular. The main application area of ours is electricity markets. We present a number of algorithms and include practical experience. READ MORE

7. 5. Information and markets

   Author : Taneli Makinen; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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