Search for dissertations about: "Risk regulation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 632 swedish dissertations containing the words Risk regulation.

  2. 1. Essays on Credit Risk

    Author : Caren Guo Nielsen; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Asset pricing; equity returns; size effect; value effect; momentum effect; credit risk effect; credit default swap; banks; asset risk; credit risk; portfolio choice; risk-based capital regulation; bank bailouts; moral hazard; distress risk; capital injections; TARP; CPP; market discipline; financial crisis;

    Abstract : This dissertation covers the issues related to credit risk that stem from the recent financial crisis and that are concerned by investors, financial intermediaries, and governments. The results of the research have important implications for asset managers, such as using the information from the credit risk market to rebalance stock portfolios, and for policy makers in regulating or bailing out banks. READ MORE

  4. 2. On Risk Management of Electrical Distribution Systems and the Impact of Regulations

    Author : Carl Johan Wallnerström; Lina Bertling; Roland Eriksson; Kjell Sand; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Electrical Distribution System; Maintenance Management; Project Planning; Regulation; Reliability Analysis; Reliability Centred Maintenance RCM ; Reliability Centered Asset Management RCAM ; Risk Analysis; Risk Management; Risk Methods; the Network Performance Assessment Model NPAM ; Electric power engineering; Elkraftteknik;

    Abstract : The Swedish electricity market was de-regulated in 1996, followed by new laws and a new regulation applied to the natural monopolies of electrical distribution systems (EDS). These circumstances have motivated distribution systems operators (DSOs) to introduce more comprehensive analysis methods. READ MORE

  5. 3. Streams, Steams, and Steels : A Transnational History of Risk Regulation in Nuclear Power Plants (1850–1985)

    Author : Siegfried Evens; Per Högselius; Kati Lindström; Anna Storm; Scott Knowles; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Nuclear; risk; water; steam; steel; regulation; safety; Nucléaire; risque; eau; vapeur; acier; sûreté; réglementation; Kärnkraft; risk; vatten; ånga; stål; säkerhet; History of Science; Technology and Environment; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö;

    Abstract : Water is essential to produce nuclear energy and prevent nuclear disasters. As light water reactors are increasingly seen as a solution to achieving a sustainable energy transition and battling the climate crisis, it is more important than ever to investigate the risks of using water for nuclear power production. READ MORE

  6. 4. Insiders’ outside/Outsiders’ inside : Rethinking the insider regulation

    Author : Ulrika Sjödin; Thomas Bay; Pierre Guillet de Monthoux; Elton G. McGoun; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial trade; speculation; insider trading; insider regulation; market professionals; law; game rule; gambling; economy; financial markets; desire; investment; risk; symmetric information; genealogy; deconstruction; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Financial speculation has increased dramatically over the last 30 years. This means that a practice that used to be viewed as immoral gambling has become legitimate financial trade. This book explores the genealogy of the coexisting insider trading laws. READ MORE

  7. 5. Ethical Aspects of Radiation Risk Management

    Author : Per Wikman-Svahn; John Cantwell; Carl F. Cranor; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; radiation protection; radiological protection; nuclear power; nuclear energy; social issues; ethical issues; ethics; risk; uncertainty; value judgments; precautionary principle; distributive issues; justice; limits; prioritarianism; responsibility; egalitarianism; black swan; black elephant; risk management;

    Abstract : This thesis is based on the assumption that the intersection of moral philosophy and practical risk management is a rewarding area to study. In particular, the thesis assumes that concepts, ideas, and methods that are used in moral philosophy can be of great benefit for risk analysis, but also that practices in risk regulation provide a useful testing ground for moral philosophical theories. READ MORE