Search for dissertations about: "pessimism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the word pessimism.
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1. Nietzsche and the Philosophy of Pessimism : Schopenhauer, Hartmann, Leopardi
Abstract : This dissertation is a study of the predominantly German pessimistic tradition in the philosophy of the late nineteenth century, and of Nietzsche’s complex relation to that tradition. The aim of the dissertation is firstly to analyse how pessimism came to be established as a philosophical concept by Schopenhauer and a later generation of pessimistic thinkers, and secondly to investigate how Nietzsche understood pessimism. READ MORE
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2. Essays in Financial Economics
Abstract : Chapter 1 develops a framework to investigate the impact of the financial crisis starting in 2007 and employs an extended GARCH model to test for spillover and contagion effects originating from the financial sector. We find that the financial crisis affects financially distressed firms more heavily than non-distressed firms. READ MORE
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3. Essays on Financial Risks and the Subprime Crisis
Abstract : This thesis covers the impact of the financial crisis of 2007-2009, the non-linearity in the impact of bankruptcy risk on leverage and the effect of pessimism and doubt on the equity premium. It consists of four self-contained essays. READ MORE
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4. Reducing pessimism and increasing flexibility in the controller area network
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5. Reducing Pessimism and Increasing Flexibility in the Controller Area Network
Abstract : The Controller Area Network (CAN) is a widely used real-time communication network for automotive and other embedded applications. As new applications continue to evolve, the complexity of distributed CAN based systems increase. However, CAN's maximum speed of 1 Mbps remains fixed, leading to performance bottlenecks. READ MORE