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Vilken typ av röstsystem som används i en demokrati påverkar väljares möjligheter avseende hur många partier/kandidater man tillåts visa sitt stöd för och om man ges möjligheten att aktivt rösta emot partier/kandidater man inte vill se i en maktposition. I den här studien undersöktes, genom en enkätundersökning, hur 235 svenskar upplevde tre olika typer av röstsystem avseende hur väl ens politiskaThe kind of electoral system in use in a democracy affects voters possibilities regarding the number of parties/candidates any individual is allowed to support and if there is an opportunity to vote against parties/candidates that he or she does not want to see in power. In this study 235 Swedes were participated in a survey about how they experienced three different electoral systems regarding ho

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to estimate different industries’ default rate correlation over time. The intention is to observe if banks have any diversification opportunities in their corporate loan portfolio and to what extent this may disappear in stressful economic situations. Methodology: In this paper, the dynamic conditional correlation model is applied to analyze the default corr

Interjections are a group of some of the more overlooked words in the field of linguistics. Many people see them as meaningless noise or non-words without purpose. It follows that many people consider them to be completely instinctive utterances which we can use freely. The flaw in this argument becomes clear when one looks at a language other than one's native language, as the interjections o

Abstract: The creation of new opportunities and ventures due to international entrepreneurs is not something new. Theory suggests that international entrepreneurs in their aim to grow and expand their ventures leave their national boundary looking for new business opportunities. International entrepreneurs face different social, political and cultural barriers. Problem discussion: In this thesis I

The purpose of this thesis is to understand how consumers perceive the introductions of other-named private brands and how adding such products affect store image. A case study has been used together with semi-structured interviews have been done in order to understand consumer perceptions, using qualitative analysis. The main theories that the study are based upon are theories concerning store im

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Inre strukturer i zirkoner från Hamrånge : en studie med katodluminescens och BSE. Zirkon är ett mineral med stor motståndskraft som överlever de flesta påfrestningar vår berggrund kan utsättas för. Det finns zirkoner som är äldre än den äldsta kända berggrunden på jorden. Zirkoner kan förekomma i både magmatiska, sedimentära och metamorfa bergarter. Zirkon är e

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Klimatväxlingarna under sista istiden har alltid varit en debattfråga. Denna istids kallaste period inträffade för cirka 20.000 år sedan och benämns "istidsmaximum". Då var havsytan hundratjugo meter lägre än idag och det mesta vattnet var bundet i inlandsisarna. Klimatväxlingar försöker dagens kvartärgeologer att fastställa med en så bra tidsutlösning

In this thesis, it is investigated if it is possible to create a common factor of the work tasks done by an air traffic controller, which then can measure workload. This will lead to the development of a tool to measure workload at small airports. In the research project a questionnaire is created to measure the different tasks an air traffic controller has. The same questionnaire will also measur

The purpose of this thesis is to study how homosexuals and homosexuality were represented in the press during the trials against the Pentecostal pastor Åke Green, and to what kind of social representations and narratives these representations can be related. Using critical discourse analysis and theories about the differentiation between in- and outgroups I try to unveil implicit meanings and att

This comparative linguistic textstudy focuses on the relationship between a newspapers own outspoken political standpoint and it´s ambition of being an unbiased provider of objective information. This connection becomes particulary interestering in times of election when a newspapers role as provider of information is of great importance for the citizens. When a newspaper reports an event to the p

Changes in Nordic security have been discussed often recently in light of the emergence of the European Security and Defense Policy. Taken up primarily by constructivist arguments, much of the work asserts that Nordic security policy is changing in light of the increasing significance of the European Union's security dimensions and even becoming Europeanized. However, this essay argues that se