Search for dissertations about: "currency risks"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words currency risks.
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1. Insurance and cartels through wars and depressions : Swedish Marine insurance and reinsurance between the World Wars
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to enhance our understanding of Swedish marine insurers' choices of business strategies under the potentially difficult business circumstances of the interwar period 1918-1939. Little previous research exists on marine insurance during the interwar period. READ MORE
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2. Essays in international risk sharing : Currency strategies and credit cycles
Abstract : In order to earn excess returns, investors must take on risk. For an international investor that risk can be characterized as either country-specific or global. While the former risks are contained within a given country, global risks are spread across economies and can potentially affect investors around the world. READ MORE
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3. Essays on Financial Risks and Derivatives with Applications to Electricity Markets and Credit Markets
Abstract : Contracts traded on international financial and commodity markets are associated with complex risk structures. In this dissertation we are concerned with two specific types of risks; market risks and credit risks. The first chapter investigates market risks in the context of the Nordic electricity market. READ MORE
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4. Trading in sexual currency: Transactional sex, sexual coercion and sexual behaviours among young people in Uganda
Abstract : The growing incidence and prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among young people, particularly HIV, is a public health concern in Uganda. There is increasing evidence that Ugandan youth engage in risky sexual behaviors, transactional sex, and experience sexual coercion. READ MORE
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5. Swedish marine insurance between the World Wars
Abstract : The present licentiate thesis analyses developments in Swedish marine insurance during the interwar period, including both direct marine insurance and marine reinsurance. This is done in order to provide insights on how companies of a highly internationalised and vulnerable line of insurance were affected by and responded to new risks during a period of far-reaching international financial and economic crises. READ MORE