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This is a study of Latin America’s economic development and how business regulation contributes to or hinders that process. We specifically focus on three nations: Chile, Brazil, and Bolivia, to illustrate the main differences across the region. We have studied the effects of business regulation on corruption, the size of the informal sector and how these in turn influence economic development as
Due to the bull stock market in China, the efficiency of the Chinese stock market has been one of the hot topics. Because monetary policy plays an important role in Chinese economy and there is a close relationship between stock returns and monetary policy, I test the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) for the Chinese stock market with respect to monetary policy. The vector autoregression (VAR) mod
I ett bredare perspektiv är uppsatsen ett försök att uppmärksamma den i nationalekonomiska sammanhang negligerade entreprenören. Uppsatsen vidareutvecklar Claudio Michelaccis matchningsfunktion där teknologisk tillväxt får konstant avkastning om allokeringen till forskning och entreprenörskap är genomtänkt, något han finner stöd för i USA. Uppsatsen testar samma funktion på 23 industriländer och f
This thesis investigates the offshore outsourcing phenomenon and tries to build a solid foundation on which further studies can be based on. Research from such websites as the McKinsey Quarterly website http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com and the CIO website http://www.cio.com are used to depict not only the potentially huge profits that can be made due to wage differentials, but also some of the eas
Hur förändras förutsättningarna för en svensk klubb (Malmö FF) i samband med att en ny arena byggs och organisationen i klubben växer. Vilka nya möjligheter att bedriva effektiv prisdiskriminering gentemot sina konsumenter uppstår i samband med bygget av Swedbank stadion och den utökning av organisationen i klubben som kommer att ske? MFF:s kärnprodukt är 2 x 45 minuter fotbollsmatch och till den
Denna uppsats behandlar hur ett införande av SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) påverkar en organisations IT-arkitektur. IT-arkitekturen har stor betydelse för en organisation och det är viktigt att arkitekturen är anpassad efter verksamheten för att lyckas med ett införande. Syftet var således att ta fram ett ramverk innehållande faktorer som påverkar IT-arkitekturen vid ett införande av SOA, vi
Since CRM system research has currently overlooked the combination of end user and managerial intervention the aim of this study is to highlight how the managerial interventions are perceived by the end users in the later stages of assimilation in a CRM implementation process. Through a review of relevant literature and research articles a theoretical framework was created containing four themes:
This paper concerns itself with the controversy between marginal theory and empiricism during 1946-63, its main focus is the debate that followed R.A. Lesters empirical research 1946 who wrote a critical paper concerning the maximization-principle. It also concerns itself with the debate that followed on Milton Friedman´s essay on positive economics.
Sweden’s District councils and Country councils are in itself to a large extent responsible for the state financed welfare. Because of this, Sweden has a contribution- and adjustment system. The reason for this system is to create equal chance, for all District councils and Country councils, to be able to give the citizens service independently of their income and non-influential structural differ
Abstract During the last 15 years, the former ”really existing socialist” economies have undertaken an extensive transition process. In this paper the development, measured as GDP growth, is analyzed using variables for economic policy. The analysis is both theoretical, taking as starting point current positions in academia, and econometrical with the linear regression model. We show that while ec
Information security is vital to organizations. This is particularly evident in healthcare where patient information is regarded as very sensitive. The patient is the most important actor in healthcare, and therefore patient information must be kept secure from breaches. At the same time, the right information must be available at the right time when needed in order to provide patients with the be
Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka om det har skett en förändring av den geografiska koncentrationen av textil- och klädesindustrin och dess olika sektorer i EU mellan 1992 och 2001 och om produktionen är fragmenterad, d.v.s. om de olika sektorerna inom textil- och klädesindustrin är koncentrerade till skilda länder. Många studier har gjorts för att undersöka den geografiska koncentrationen av
Global heating is a topic that is debated in every part of the world. The weather has become more extreme. While scientists debate over the reason for those extremes it is no doubt that emission of greenhouse gases are constantly increasing globally. China has in the past years substantially increased their investment in energy to cope with the demands of their booming economy. Much of the increas
Title: Overreaction on the Swedish stock market Seminar date: 2008-01-30 Course: Nek K01- Bachelor Thesis in Economics (15 ETCS) Authors: Advisor: Oskar Herbe and Ludvig Persson Hossein Asgharian Key Words: Overreaction, Anomalies, Market Efficiency, Contrarian investment strategies Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to test if the overreaction hypothesis as originally described by De Bondt an
Abstract One of the essential conditions of the co-operating within the EU is that homogeneous conditions of competition prevail within the entire common market. The competition policy in the EU should guarantee that the competition is not distorted in a way that would prevent or create difficulties for the free mobility of goods and services between the member countries. The policy of competition
I denna uppsats jämförs det gamla kommunala utjämningssystemet, som gällde mellan 1996 och 2004, med det nya som trädde i kraft vid årsskiftet 2004/2005. Som utgångspunkt för analysen används ekonomisk teori med fokus på relationerna mellan olika nivåer av offentlig sektor. Den svenska modellen för ansvarsfördelning mellan stat och kommun, inklusive finansieringsrätten, kräver att kostnader som in
This thesis aims to evaluate the concept of Uncovered Interest Parity. The parity states that the logarithmic difference between domestic and foreign interest rate equals the logarithmic difference between expected future spot exchange rate and the spot exchange rate, . In defining the exchange rate it is often presumed that the parity relation prevails even though several studies suggest the oppo
This paper is focused on two phenomenons that is called excess comovement and financial contagion. The excess comovement is defined as the comovement, or correlation, between normally uncorrelated assets, that can not be explained by economic fundamentals and financial contagion is the occurrence of excess comovement. Excess comovement has been observed on several stock markets by economic researc
Sammanfattning Den här uppsatsen behandlar den höga organisationsgraden som vi har i Sverige idag. Huvudsyftet är att ge ett svar på varför organisationsgraden är så hög. Syftet är också att undersöka hur fackföreningsrörelsen kommer att utvecklas i framtiden. Uppsatsen inleds med en redogörelse av faktorer som bidragit till den höga organisationsgrad vi åtnjuter idag. Fackföreningarnas struktur b
