Search for dissertations about: "global ratings"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 56 swedish dissertations containing the words global ratings.
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1. Essays on Credit Ratings
Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained articles, all of which contribute to the empirical research on credit ratings. Broadly speaking, the first two papers highlight two less ordinary “uses” of credit ratings, in the context of (1) measuring financial constraints and (2) bond market segmentation. READ MORE
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2. Participation in and outside school : Self-ratings by Swedish adolescents with and without impairments and long-term health conditions
Abstract : This thesis concerns the short-term state of and changes in self-rated participation in domestic life, peer relations and, to some extent, school. Participants were adolescents with and without self-reported impairments and long-term health conditions. READ MORE
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3. Evaluation of a primary health care strategy implemented in a market-oriented health system : the case of Bogota, Colombia
Abstract : Introduction: Despite Colombia having adopted a health system based on an insurance market, Bogota in 2004, as part of a left-wing government (elected for first time in the city), decided to implement a Primary Health Care (PHC) strategy to improve quality of life, level of population health and reduce health inequities. The PHC strategy has been implemented through the HomeHealth program by three consecutive governments over the last eight years in the context of continuous political tension stemming from differences between national and district health policies. READ MORE
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4. Essays on Asset Management : Analyst Ratings, Reports, and Return Expectations
Abstract : “Mutual Fund Analysts as Information Intermediaries” studies mutual fund analyst reports in the context of active fund management models and how the reports’ informational content relates to fund flows and performance using dictionary-based and machine-learning approaches. “Are Subjective Expectations Formed as in Rational Expectations Models of Active Management?” examines forward-looking performance expectations of mutual fund analysts for global active equity funds. READ MORE
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5. Participation in school for children in socially challenged areas : Achieving and socializing
Abstract : The Swedish school is not only an institution for learning. It is also the most significant social context for its students. In the Swedish regulatory documents for school the importance of democracy, democratic values and becoming a citizen of a democratic society is emphasized, as is the importance of interaction. READ MORE
