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Title: Default Risk in Equity Returns: a Study on Augmentation of the Three-Factor Model of Fama and French with Default Risk Factor Seminar date: June 7th, 2010 Course: Master Degree Project in Finance, 15 ECTS, BUSM65 Authors: Holst, Aracelly and Martynenko, Olena Supervisor: Forssbaeck, Jens Key words: ASSET PRICING, DEFAULT RISK, FACTOR MIMICKING PORTFOLIO, FACTOR RISK PREMIUM Purpose: T

The aim of this study is to further the understanding of the individual’s prospect to contribute politically in a global setting with the means provided as a consumer. Through a descriptive qualitative literature study the conception of political consumerism and the circumstances surrounding it is analyzed. All in the light of globalization and the decreased importance of nation-state boundaries.

The purpose of this thesis is to study the performance of mutual funds in the Swedish fund market in 2000-2011. We study whether the active funds performed better than passive funds in terms of abnormal returns. We further study if a fund’s historical performance is a direct indicator of the fund’s performance in the future by measuring persistence in performance. Our data includes 28 active and 1

A high-pressure tank rupture is a challenging scenario requiring attention in most hydrogen applications. A common cause of rupture is an external fire heating the tank, causing increased internal pressure and/or reduction in the tensile strength of the tank material (with the relevance of each depending on tank material).Most of the available methods for prevention of such ruptures have been deve

The clichéd conceptualization of cancer illness as a battle, which the patient can either win or lose, can be problematic. For patients referred to palliative care, it can cause feelings of guilt and failure. This framing of cancer, here referred to as ‘the battle script’, has been questioned in previous research, and there seems to be awareness among health practitioners that battle metaphors shoThe clichéd conceptualization of cancer illness as a battle, which the patient can either win or lose, can be problematic. For patients referred to palliative care, it can cause feelings of guilt and failure. This framing of cancer, here referred to as ‘the battle script’, has been questioned in previous research, and there seems to be awareness among health practitioners that battle metaphors sho

Political leaders affect the ordinary citizen´s perception of the world, making them important to study in relation to the upsurge of tension and conflict. In this specific thesis the focus is on how The Indian Express frames the discourses of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India concerning the relationship between Hindus, minorities and Non-Hindus. The analysis is done through an interrelate

This paper examines the Swedish right-wing party Christian Democrats' (Kristdemokraterna) view on privacy, as expressed in the well known and vibrant FRA-debate. FRA stands for The National Defence Radio Establishment and the debate flourished in 2008-2009, when a new law on the introduction of signals intelligence (SIGINT) was presented by the government in the Swedish parliament. This forced

Since the birth of the industrial revolution, there has existed a fear of becoming redundant and unemployed due to technological development. However, this has not been the case, but the last decades have instead seen the surge of income inequality. This has been linked to the growing technology bias towards skilled workers. This paper studies if the interactive effect of technological development

This paper investigates how multilingual speakers may recognize compounds, focusing on the theory that a multilingual recognizes a compound equivalent of a compound faster than a monomorphemic equivalent of a compound. To test this, I administered a translation recognition task to native speakers of Swedish who spoke English as their first L2. The informants were shown the pairs in sequence and ei

This research explores how community-based entrepreneurs can contribute to the reorganization of natural resource management and find solutions to environmental problems within the current capitalist economy. Recent scholars on post-capitalism, believe that the economy can be organized by different institutions than the market and investigate the role of individuals as catalyst of environmenta

Contemporary welfare policies often frame the unemployed as ”job seekers”, a position which demands that the individual engages in active job seeking, continuous self-work and various employability-enhancing activities. This article examines how the unemployed, through digital job coaching webinars by Arbetsförmedlingen (the Swedish Public Employment Service), are positioned and steered as job seeContemporary welfare policies often frame the unemployed as ”job seekers”, a position which demands that the individual engages in active job seeking, continuous self-work and various employability-enhancing activities. This article examines how the unemployed, through digital job coaching webinars by Arbetsförmedlingen (the Swedish Public Employment Service), are positioned and steered as job see

I LUNDS UNIVERS ITBT Wind Energy in Ireland - An analysis of possibilities and constraints Michael Houlihan 167 Upper Salthill, Galway Ireland ++35391 586414 mike@scandinavica.com Submitted in part fulfilment for the Degree of Masters in Environmental Science Supervisor: Per Svenningsson, Department of Environment and Energy Systems Studies, Lund University, Sweden ++46 46 222 84 59 Per.Svenningss

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Namnl.st-2 1Post-Communist Transformation and the Problem of Weak States Post-Communist Transformation and the Problem of Weak States Reconceptualizing the Legacy of Communism Ulrika Jerre ulrika.jerre@svet.lu.se 3Post-Communist Transformation and the Problem of Weak States2 CFE Working paper series no. 17 CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES AT LUND UNIVERSITY: Box 52 Phone: +46 (0)46-222 88 99 SE-221 00

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Att ta sina första steg in i den cirkulära ekonomin FALLET ACCUS, SKYLTFÖRETAG Att ta sina första steg in i den cirkulära ekonomin FALLET ACCUS, SKYLTFÖRETAG Hervé Corvellec HERVÉ CORVELLEC Lunds universitet, Institutionen för service management och tjänstevetenskap herve.corvellec@ism.lu.se © Författaren 2018 5ATT TA SINA FÖRSTA STEG IN I DEN CIRKULÄRA EKONOMIN Innehåll FÖRORD 6 BAKGRUND 7 1. ETT

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Uppförandet av nya byggnader och renoveringar av befintliga byggnader har lett till större intresse för certifieringssystem med hårdare krav än lagstiftningen. Ökad kunskap om hållbarhet och att brukandet av jordens resurser måste reduceras har lett till miljö- och hälsocertifieringar, bl a Miljöbyggnad 3.0 som är en nationell miljöcertifiering som ställer krav på byggnaden och WELL Building Stand

Corporate misconduct is a persistent feature of contemporary organizational life, yet corporations rarely acknowledge wrongdoing when confronted with allegations of harm. Instead, they rely on discursive strategies that protect legitimacy, organizational identity, and moral credibility. This chapter examines how corporations employ techniques of neutralization to defend themselves against accusati

Lägg till titel Fakultetsstyrelsen Ledamöter Närvarande Santino Resić, dekan, ordförande Fredrik Værslev, professor Konsthögskolan Mats Edén, universitetslektor Musikhögskolan Håkan Andersson, universitetslektor Musikhögskolan. Justerare Sven Bjerstedt, professor Teaterhögskolan Elisabeth Melander, universitetslektor Musikhögskolan Maria Hedlund, universitetslektor Konsthögskolan Åse Lugnér, bibli

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