Valutakursrisk har historiskt hanterats med negativt korrelerad eller okorrelerade instrument för att minska den totala risken i en portfölj. Som ett resultat av en integrerad värld har sådana instrument blivit allt mer sällsynta. Råvaror såsom guld har påvisat ett negativt samband och mycket av den bakomliggande teorin i uppsatsen är därför starkt relaterad till guldet. Digitala valutor är ett nyExchange rate risk has historically been dealt with through negatively correlated or uncorrelated instruments in order to reduce the overall risk in a portfolio. As a result of an integrated world, such instruments have become increasingly rare. Commodities such as gold have demonstrated a negative relationship, therefore much of the underlying theory in this thesis is strongly related to gold. Di

Öresund is a very dynamic economic area with numerous projects, there is a great need of a deeper understanding of the wave climate. The wave measurements currently available are scarce and they do not cover the whole area. For this reason, a modeled wave climate would be of interest and the results could be a starting point for different in depth analysis. The objective of this study was to prod

Using a panel of 18 European OECD countries over the period 1979-2011, this paper re-examines and extends previous empirical evidence on the effects of minority government on fiscal policy outcomes. First government primary balance is separated into revenues and expenditure according to Kontopoulos and Perotti (1999). Second minority governments are categorized into dummy variables according to Ed

The persistently high annual numbers of rape in Sweden and numerous legal amendments following internal critique, prove the legal response to be ineffective for the subjects of the protection of the law. Viewed in combination with the prevalence of detrimental conceptions of sexuality and rape, this actualizes questions regarding the potential for and shape of influences on the decision-making act

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the volatility dynamics of housing markets in the United Kingdom and the United States in order to determine if market inefficiencies cause downward rigidity in housing prices. We hypothesize that the potential downward rigidity will prevent prices from appropriately adjusting downwards, and that positive shocks in housing prices will increase the conditiona

The quality of piped drinking water in Maputo is generally poor and it affects many people, in particular the poor living in areas with inadequate or insufficient water distribution systems. In Mozambique, the chemical disinfectant, Certeza (containing diluted sodium hypochlorite), is used to treat domestic water at the consumers’ end. It is well known that chlorine products used for disinfection

This thesis examines income-related health inequalities among an elderly population over time in Sweden. The concentration indices are estimated and decomposed for two time periods in order to uncover which socioeconomic variables determine the level of health inequality in Sweden. The determinants of health are estimated using a panel data fixed effects model, hence allowing for a comparison of h

This paper will analyse the financial relationship between private and public health insurance in Australia. Private health insurance in Australia is both highly regulated and subsidised with the argument often being it provides support for the universal public system. With private health insurance providing duplicate insurance in Australia, I present a theoretical analysis of how the private and

In 2013, the EU established a Common European Asylum System in order to harmonize the asylum laws throughout Europe. One of the directives in this common system is a revised version of the Reception Conditions Directive from 2003, establishing rules for housing, clothing and food for the asylum applicants. The directive from 2003 should be in place in all Member States of the EU and on the 21st of

Mångfald är ett begrepp som på senaste åren har visat sig vanligt förekommet i rekryterings- och arbetslivssammanhang. Det finns många anledningar till att mångfald hamnat i fokus på Svenska arbetsplatser idag. Bland annat har den ökade globaliseringen tillsammans med amerikansk forskning och dess positiva resultat varit inspiration för införandet av ett mångfaldstänkande i Sverige. Genom olika må

Science fiction is a genre in which anything is possible. It therefore comprises the perfect litmus test of any given culture’s prevailing hopes and fears about the future. One such source of anxiety that has been particularly conspicuous in works of fiction since the Industrial Revolution is the development of automata and other machines – specifically, whether they might eventually become strong

En studie över havres köldtoleranta proteiner När vintern kommer får djur och människor tjockare päls eller byter till varmare kläder. Det kan inte växter göra! De måste anpassa sig genom att ändra vilka molekyler som uttrycks. Proteiner är en slags molekyl som kan göra växter mer motståndskraftiga mot kylan. Havre kan anpassa sig till kallt klimat, men olika sorter är mer eller mindre köldtåligaThe aim of this project was to answer the question “Which proteins are responsible for cold tolerance in crown samples from oat?” Proteins were extracted from cold treated oat crown samples, purified with gel electrophoresis, trypsinated through in-gel digestion and identified in LTQ orbitrap mass spectrometer. Data interpretation involved analysis of found proteins according to functional annotat

Rapid economic growth and rising income levels have driven private vehicle sales in China. Within just three decades, China has developed to the world’s largest automobile market. This thesis aims at determining the factors which affect passenger vehicle populations in Chinese cities. An OLS regression using cross-sectional data reveals that large variations exist across cities in eastern, central

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur patienter upplevde deltagandet i en gruppbaserad behandling kallad RAINBOW. RAINBOW är en psykosocial behandlingsmodell för ungdomar med bipolär sjukdom och deras föräldrar. Halvstrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med fyra ungdomar som tidigare deltagit i behandling enligt RAINBOW-modellen. Intervjumaterialet analyserades med hjälp av grundad teori viThe aim of this study was to explore patients’ experiences of having participated in a group treatment called RAINBOW. RAINBOW is a psychosocial treatment for adolescents with bipolar disorder and their parents. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four adolescents who previously had participated in RAINBOW. Grounded theory was used to analyze the data and six main themes were identified

Background: The role of physical therapists are affected by several aspects including the therapeutic relationship, inter-professional relations, workloads, autonomy and their relations to everyday tasks. In particular, the latter of these is a topic of interest in regards to Japanese physical therapists since healthcare in Japan has shown tendencies toward the adoption of new technology. This, th

Sammanfattning Titel: I nischade livsmedelsbutiker blandas salami och upplevelser. En fallstudie på M.A.T. i Helsingborg. Universitet: Lunds Universitet, Campus Helsingborg. Institutionen för Service Management. Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är öka förståelsen för hur nischade livsmedelsbutiker arbetar med att integrera upplevelsedimensioner i sina butikskoncept. Metod: Kvalitativa metoder har a

The purpose with this thesis is to examine if strategic and tactical asset allocation are used within Swedish balanced funds and to outline how these investment strategies are used, by identifying trends. Compiled data over the asset allocation within Swedish balanced funds 12 years back has been analyzed by defining strategic and tactical asset allocation in quantitative terms. With several hypo

Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att identifiera förutsättningarna för framgångsrika förvärvsstrategier; vilken typ av företag köps upp, vilka synergier som eftersträvas och hur uppkomna problem hanteras. Studien tillämpas på mjukvarubranschen eftersom den utmärks av en hög grad av rörlighet inom och mellan företag, och vi förväntar oss därför att hitta särskilt intressanta fall inom denna bransch. Me

Titel: Big 10 – Vad händer sen? En kvantitativ studie om Sveriges största riskkapitalbolags förmåga att skapa långsiktigt värde i portföljbolag. Seminariedatum: 2014-06-04. Ämne/kurs: FEKH89, Examensarbete i finansiering på kandidatnivå, 15 hp. Författare: Martin Bjarnemar, Fredric Carlsson, Andreas Forsman. Handledare: Rolf Larsson. Fem nyckelord: Private Equity, Buyout, Värdeskapande, Sverig