This paper empirically surveys the actual links between financial liberalization and economic growth by drawing lessons from both developed and emerging economies over 26 years. The macroeconomic indicators for economic growth are GDP per capita growth, growth volatility, and real lending interest rate. Previous researches hold differing views about whether the impact of liberalization reform on m

This thesis work concerns methods for improved spectroscopy including stray-light suppression, dynamic range improvement and signal enhancement. These methods were applied in Raman and Thomson- scattering spectroscopy in combustion and plasma. First, the stray-light suppression method Periodic Shadowing (PS) is implemented in an experimental setup with a high-power high repetition rate laser syste

The increasing pressure of climate change urges state leaders to transform economies to low-carbon alternatives on a local, national and global scale. The aim of this study is to analyze how effective the Climate-Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy has been so far in fostering inclusive rural development in the agricultural sector in Ethiopia, by applying a Triple-Bottom-Line (TBL) approach th

Seminar date: 2019-06-03 Course: BUSN79, Degree project in Accounting & Finance, Graduate level, 15 ECTS-credits Authors: Daniel Asgodom (940417), Jakob Ericsson (920323) Supervisor: Håkan Jankensgård Examinator: Reda M Moursli Purpose: This study aims to test the relationship between ESG performance and firm value using a different methodology when compared to previous US studies. Additi

Conventional research on CSR communication takes on a managerial approach. This approach view CSR action as more important than CSR communication, and therefore risks losing valuable insights in the potential of CSR communication. A new line of communication scholars claim that CSR is essentially aspirational talk, and that speech is also action. This thesis questions this theoretical foundation b

The research aims to understand and explore the process of memory politics that has underpinned the redevelopment of Vӓstra Hamnen’s built environment, and the extent to which these considerations have actively shaped the urban design of the area, for better or worse, in relation to the values Malmö Stad have sought to express through the area’s narrative shift. The research has endeavoured to ach

Digitalisation has had a profound effect on our society. Much of our daily lives revolve around digital errands that, providing we have the appropriate skills, provide us with innumerous conveniences. Unfortunately for those who do not have such competencies, these normal everyday tasks have become unmanageable and as a result of the McDonaldization of society there are very few places to which th

One implication of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) is that it is not possible to consistently and over time create abnormal returns without taking on additional risk. However, the hypothesis has become one of the most debated theories in financial economics. Numerous studies suggest that seasonal patterns exist in stock returns, so-called calendar effects, which violates the assumption of st

The ongoing trade conflict has received much attention, and many politicians, as well as economists, wonder what the consequences will be. To shed some light on what the trade effects might be, we empirically analyse the trade effects of a very similar trade conflict. This paper examines the trade effects of the US safeguard of 2002 on Swedish steel exports. While the main focus of the analysis is

International studies suggest that transgender prisoners are a conundrum for the prison and probation systems when it comes to both management and housing, are at risk of victimization by both inmates and prison staff and that this might impact on transgender inmates’ gender expression or gender identification. There are no studies on transgender inmates’ contact with the Swedish prison and probat

The patois of Evolène – a municipality in the Swiss canton of Valais – is the only autochthonous Franco-Provençal dialect that is still being transmitted to new generations in the French speaking part of Switzerland. This work is based on a questionnaire, distributed through Google Forms and answered by 10 patois speaking residents of Evolène. The respondents were questioned on two main topics: ho

Managerial capabilities such as strategic thinking, understanding big data, critical thinking, entrepreneurial creativity and curiosity have a significant impact on the resource orchestration of big data. This thesis presents a grounded model depicting how the capabilities interplay for resource orchestration, showing the dynamics between the capabilities as well as their impact in different stage

Objective: The objective of this study is to examine whether ten stock-trading strategies based on common technical indicators can prove to generate higher risk-adjusted returns than buy-and-hold strategies for the same stocks. Method: To examine this, trading for the ten strategies is simulated for 213 Swedish stocks, through the years 2006 to 2018. The risk-adjusted returns are calculated as sh

Startups struggle to transition from young and early stage startups to mature operational startups because of challenges in acquiring Venture Capital investments due to the competition from existing peers. This thesis proposes the use of Decision Support Systems to create and sustain competitive advantage for startups in the pre-investment and post-investment phases. The Actor Network theory has b

This thesis evaluates the performance of Expected Shortfall estimation with normal, student-t and skewed distributions. It is stylized fact that student-t distribution generally outperforms normal distribution. What is particularly peculiar is whether there is marginal gain of increased distributional complexity with combining two half normal (skewed) distributions, developed by de Roon and Karehn

This Master’s thesis aims to conduct a case study on using Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) in SystemC for Register-Transfer Level (RTL) verification. Verification of ASICs is very important nowadays especially in terms of production costs, time to market and the sustainability of products. As Moore’s Law is in motion, verification gets large, complex, and time-consuming. Re-usability and

Dual-listing has become a popular approach for companies to seek funding and international expansion. Typically companies grow big from less developed domestic markets and march into developed markets. However, China, as an emerging market economy has witnessed a wave of Hong Kong-listed companies returning to the mainland for a second IPO. One primary assumption for companies’ motivation to retur

Sub-Saharan African voters have long been regarded to be predominantly influenced by ethnicity when casting their ballots. New research in the field of African voting behaviour has established, to the contrary, that rural and urban contexts play a pivotal role in influencing voters. This research investigates the case of Zimbabwe. It researches the differences between contextual factors in rural a

Nowhere in the world is there more proof of climate change than in Greenland, Ilulissat is no exception. With climate change and visible climatic shifts things are rapidly changing and already affecting the life of the people who live there. Those dramatic changes are not only affecting the Arctic but the whole global community. In this project it was though important to think locally to be able t

This paper is aimed at evaluating the index effect for the Australian blue-chip and midcap indices using changes in index composition from the S&P/ASX 20, 50 and MidCap 50. For the midcap index I find significant CAARs for the period prior to the announcement period which would signify that market participants anticipate the changes to index composition and possibly try to exploit the already