Search for dissertations about: "gold price"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words gold price.

  2. 1. Characterization of [18F]flutemetamol binding properties : A β-amyloid PET imaging ligand

    Author : Kerstin Heurling; Mark Lubberink; Jens Sörensen; Julie Price; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Positron emission tomography PET ; molecular imaging; amyloid; tracer validation; Radiology; Radiologi;

    Abstract : The criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have recently been revised to include the use of biomarkers for the in vivo presence of β-amyloid, one of the neuropathological hallmarks of AD. Examples of such biomarkers are positron emission tomography (PET) β-amyloid specific ligands, including [18F]flutemetamol. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on Market Design and Market Quality

    Author : Dong Zhang; Lars Nordén; Björn Hagströmer; Dagfinn Rime; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; index futures market; underlying stock market; liquidity; volatility; gold futures market; price discovery; high frequency traders; aggressiveness; order submission; liquidity provider; adverse selection cost; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : This dissertation contains four studies on different market structures and their impact on market quality.Article I studies the effect of introducing stock index futures contracts on the underlying stocks. The results indicate a lower liquidity level in the underlying stocks. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Derivatives and Liquidity

    Author : Caihong Xu; Lars Nordén; Björn Hagströmer; Hans Byström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Index options; volatility smile; liquidity; index futures; expiration-day effects; limit order book; trading patience; order flows; gold futures; hedging; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : This dissertation contains four essays in which derivatives markets are studied in relation to three related topics in financial economics: asset pricing, market microstructure and risk management.Essay I studies the role of relative option liquidity in explaining the volatility smile. READ MORE

  6. 4. Natural Resource Use Conflict: Gold mining in tropical rainforest in Ghana

    Author : Wisdom Akpalu; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Optimal taxation; Efficiency; Externality; Dynamic analysis; Firm behaviour.;

    Abstract : Extraction of gold in many tropical countries is done in rainforests that provide non-timber forest benefit flows. Our model is the first attempt at modelling this conflict in a developing country in the tropics where capital for mining is from foreign direct investment (FDI). READ MORE

  7. 5. Empirical studies in money, credit and banking : the Swedish credit market in transition under the silver and gold standards 1834-1913

    Author : Anders Ögren; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The empirical results reached in this thesis contradict the traditional theoretical view of money as being exogenously introduced into an economy as a medium of exchange intended to reduce the transactions costs associated with barter. Instead money was endogenously created in the form of credit. READ MORE