Search for dissertations about: "quantitative"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 3884 swedish dissertations containing the word quantitative.

  2. 16. Essays in Quantitative Finance

    Author : Patrik Karlsson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; credit valuation adjustment CVA ; derivative pricing; interest rate derivatives; Monte Carlo simulation;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the quantitative finance literature and consists of four research papers.Paper 1. This paper constructs a hybrid commodity interest rate market model with a stochastic local volatility function that allows the model to simultaneously fit the implied volatility of commodity and interest rate options. READ MORE

  4. 17. Essays in Quantitative Macroeconomics

    Author : Pedro Soares Brinca; Martin Flodén; Ellen McGrattan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Forecasting; Business Cycle Accounting; Fluctuations; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : In the first essay, Distortions in the Neoclassical Growth Model: A Cross Country Analysis, I show that shocks that express themselves as total factor productivity and labor income taxes are comparably more synchronized than shocks that resemble distortions to the ability of allocating resources across time and states of the world. These two shocks are also the most important to model. READ MORE

  5. 18. Quantitative analysis of microfossils : a methodological study with applications to radiolaria

    Author : Anders Granlund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

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  6. 19. Resilience, mental health, and exposure to violence among individuals with former or current experiences of being a refugee in Sweden : quantitative and qualitative studies

    Author : Erica Mattelin; Laura Korhonen; Amal Khanolkar; Bernadette Nirmal Kumar; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Refugee; Migrant; Mental health; Adversity; Resilience;

    Abstract : Studies indicate that individuals with current or former experiences of being a refugee are more likely to have experienced adverse events, like violence, and face mental health challenges in their host countries. After arrival in host countries, people with refugee experiences often confront various post-migration adversities like discrimination. READ MORE

  7. 20. Parental Perspectives on Preschool Children’s Lifestyle : quantitative and qualitative aspects

    Author : Christina Stenhammar; Anna Sarkadi; Birgitta Edlund; Björn Wettergren; Lennart Köhler; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; eating habits; lifestyle; childhood overweight; parents; perspectives; physical activity; and postal questionnaire; Paediatric medicine; Pediatrisk medicin; Pediatrik; Pediatrics;

    Abstract : Children’s lifestyle has changed significantly during the recent decades, with an increasing prevalence of obesity as one outcome. Parents are usually the most influential people in young children’s lives. READ MORE