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Recently the National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) and the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) introduced gold futures trading in India and China respectively. In developing markets like China and India it is important to manage risk. For the sake of choosing the optimal hedge strategy it is sufficient to understand and calculate the optimal hedge ratio. Therefore we divide our an

In the NBER Working paper ”Measuring Economic Growth From Outer Space” it is suggested that 29 countries have reported GDP that differs from “true” GDP. In this bachelor’s thesis these countries are examined and a common denominator for them is sought after. None is found, but other interesting discoveries are uncovered hinting that the discrepancy from “true” GDP is not just noise. A connection i

Before the twentieth century, there was little concern with ship-source oil pollution at sea. Increase of shipping activities and in particular happening of disasters, the most important of which is the Torrey Canyon, alerted the thinking of legislators as to seriousness of the problem of marine pollution. The result of their efforts in private law domain was creating the Civil Liability Conventio

Sexualbrotten i svensk rätt kräver idag att gärningsmannen har använt någon typ av våld eller hot, eller har utnyttjat ett hjälplöst tillstånd. År 2003 kom emellertid Europadomstolens avgörande i Bulgariendomen, i vilken kan utläsas att varje sexuell handling som begås utan samtycke ska vara straffbar. Sedan dess har det i Sverige livligt debatterats om huruvida domen innebär att den svenska lagenThe sexual offences in Swedish law of today require that the perpetrator has used violence or threats, or that he has exploited a helpless state. However, in 2003 the European Court of Human Rights delivered a judgment in the case of M.C v. Bulgaria, which stated that any non-consensual sexual act must be punishable. There has been a legal discussion in Sweden ever since, regarding whether this ju

Utgångspunkten är en fundering om vad det finns för alternativa sätt att utbilda i mångkulturell mångfald. Uppsatsen har fokuserat på Malmö Stads kontaktpersonsverksamhet, där man matchar ihop etablerade svenskar med nyanlända invandrare. Syftet är att beskriva vad några svenska personer upplever att de har lärt sig om sin nyanlände kontaktpersons kultur, hur de har förändrats, hur de kan använda

Studien undersöker hur svenska psykologstudenter tänker och resonerar kring miljöprofilerad corporate social responsibility och organisationsattraktion genom en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. 6 stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med studenter på psykologprogrammet i Lund. Frågeställningen baserades på amerikanska kvantitativa tidigare studiers resultat (Aiman-Smith & Bauer, 1996; Ai

Economic theory predicts a positive relationship between competition and innovation. Competition both forces and enables firms to innovate. On competitive markets firms are forced to innovate to avoid shrinking profit margins. At the same time competition also helps firms to innovate: On competitive markets information is dispersed among decentralized economic agents through price signals, informa

This bachelor thesis is about digital textbooks and how the market views its role and development. Educational publishers and schools are not sure how the market for digital educational materials will develop. The participants on the market are uncertain about how much to invest in production and purchasing. In order to create a description of the situation that is up to date, representatives from

Recent increase in the international remittance transfers from developed to developing countries has caught great attention among academic scholars and policymakers. This paper investigates the potential impact of these workers’ remittances on the long-term economic growth of recipient countries. The results of the empirical regression analysis indicate that remittances have positive effect on the

What are the effects of regional specialization, industrial diversity, and local competition on industrial growth? Utilizing a novel dataset on the Swedish manufacturing industry, 1896-1910, an OLS model is estimated that captures the relationship between dynamic agglomeration externalities, i.e. knowledge spillovers, and employment growth in industries located in cities. The main results are that

In this thesis I have investigated drivers of European Equity Long/Short hedge funds by analyzing the risk and return of individual Equity Long/Short hedge funds in different market environments. The results show that there are few macroeconomic drivers that can consistently explain the risk and return of individual European Equity Long/Short hedge funds. Running multifactor regression models on e

This research will attempt to reveal some major fault lines of the Basel III Capital Accords concerning Banking Regulation. It will consider some shortcomings of the previous rounds and scrutinise Basel III’s attempts to address the same issues. I have provided some idealised recommendations from various authors based upon previous problems and attempt to analyse where Basel III falls short agains

Denna uppsats avser att undersöka ifall det existerar en småbolagseffekt på Stockholmsbörsen under åren 2005-2010. Uppsatsen går ut på att undersöka ifall aktiebolagen som är noterade på Large Cap och Small Cap ger avkastningar som skiljer sig gentemot bolagens avkastning enligt CAPM och ifall denna effekt är större för småbolag än stora bolag. För att genomföra denna studie har aktiebolagen efte

This paper uses standard event study techniques to examine whether the release of the results of the 2010 European bank stress test was informative to the financial markets by reducing the opacity that is inherent in banking stocks. The same methodology is applied to two events of the 2011 EU stress tests: the release of the methodology employed and the clarification by the European Banking Author

This study analyzes how Danish policies aiming at active labour market participation aggravate the social exclusion of non-western immigrants. The study points out the necessity of investigating the success of active labour market policies not only through focusing on reduction in the number of unemployed immigrants, but also whether they alleviate social exclusion as claimed by Danish authorities

Global Civil Society (GCS) Theory maintains that nationalism will gradually decline as processes of globalization increase. However, the recent rise of popular nationalism in China is one counterexample to GCS theory. By using case study and narrative analysis on researching recent popular nationalist movements in China, we find that it is the “victim-superpower” identity among Chinese people that

Denna uppsats behandlar de faktorer som påverkat den ekonomiska utvecklingen på den arabiska halvön. Ingen betvivlar att oljereserverna har spelat en viktig roll för att skapa välstånd i regionen. Men frågan är om olja ensamt kan förklara utvecklingen. Denna uppsats undersöker andra potentiella tillväxt- eller bromsfaktorer. Sju länder räknas till den arabiska halvön: Saudiarabien, Jemen, Oman, Fö

This thesis provides a study of the coastal state jurisdiction over the continental shelf. The study is limited to exploration and exploitation of subsoil petroleum deposits as well as the activities affiliated with this. There is a problem of overlapping, or conflicting jurisdictional competence, in situations where the law of the flag state applies in regard to the vessels involved in the petrol

Abstract This study was carried out in Cote d’Ivoire on female ex-combatants and members of organisations working with reintegrating former combatants. The study revolves more on war and reintegration of female ex-combatants. The main objective of the study is to document the presence, roles (combat roles), and treatment of women within war and reintegration. This is done for the fact that, women

Denna uppsats följer upp en indikation om att programledare – de som är närmast ansvariga för utbildningsprogrammen på Lunds Tekniska Högskola (LTH) – upplever sig ha ett dåligt inflytande över sin arbetssituation och sitt utvecklingsarbete eftersom de har ett ansvar men inte någon befogenhet att ta beslut över sitt ansvarsområde. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur kommunikationskanaler