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This paper investigates two facets of corporate cash holdings in firms listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange over the period 2001−2020. Firstly, I examine the determinants of corporate cash holdings. I find that firms with more investment opportunities and smaller firms tend to hold more cash. Firms with controlling shareholders and firms with high institutional block holdings tend to hold less c

The properties of ions confined within spherical dielectric cavities are examined by a splitting field-theory and Monte Carlo simulations. Three types of cavities are considered: one possessing a uniform surface charge density, one with a uniform volume charge density, and one containing mobile ions. In all cases, mobile counterions are present within the dielectric sphere. The splitting theory is

This research studies the perceptions of Community Based Tourism (CBT) workers towards labour-migration in the two mountainous southern Kyrgyz villages of Sary Moghul and Arslanbob. The qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews from 28 CBT workers and four key stakeholders reveal four Ideal Types of labour-migration amongst the CBT workers: i) CBT workers who wish to labour-mig

In autonomous sections within the police, civilian investigators handle crimes, side by side, with police officers. Despite legal restrictions and organizational obstacles, civilian investigators have gradually moved towards the police profession. This aspect has affected legal and social norms and the practice of the police. The main purpose of this Bachelor thesis is to examine which legal and s

Bakgrund: Många barn upplever våld i sina familjer i vårt land. Upplevelser av våld kan leda till psykisk ohälsa. De anmälningar som görs till socialtjänsten utreds men leder sällan till insatser. Utredarna inom socialtjänsten är nyckelpersoner för att upptäcka dessa barn så att de får stöd, behandling och psykoterapi. Syfte: Att genom en enkätundersökning ta reda på vad utredare inom socialtjänstBackground: It is a fact that some children experience domestic violence in our country. The experience of violence is a severe threat towards children development and mental health. Further reports made to the social Services which lead to an actual social investigation of the child’s wellbeing seldom result in that proper treatment take place. The social service investigators are the key to pay

The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to find out which measures for reading promotion are used by school libraries and how these can have an effect in terms of increased reading. This is of interest since surveys have shown that Swedish pupils read less and that their reading abilities have decreased. In order to become good at reading one needs to read a lot and this is why promoting reading is

This essay studies the term privacy and its relation with the Mikrozensus survey, which is a survey conducted in Austria, amongst other countries, and forces chosen respondents by law to be part of the study. For the purpose of this essay, the questionnaire used for the Mikrozensus study published by Statistik Austria, which is the responsible institution for the survey, has been analysed using a

Stevia is a natural sweetener with increasing use in known products, for instance Coca Cola Company launched a new brand called "Life" were they use Stevia as a sweetener. In this work, we have attempted to separate and analyze the different compounds that give the sweet taste, known as steviol glycosides, by ion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection. The known metho

Sedan den 1:e januari 2004 används förfarandet med arresteringsorder och överlämnande mellan medlemsstaterna i EU istället för det tidigare systemet med utlämning. Den europeiska arresteringsordern infördes som ett effektivare förfarande i kampen mot den ökande gränsöverskridande brottsligheten, en effektivisering som kan anses ha påverkat EU-medborgarnas rättssäkerhet. Denna uppsats diskuterar huSince Januray 1st of 2004 the system of a European Arrest Warrant and surrender of persons between the EU member states is used instead of the earlier system of extradition. The European Arrest Warrant was introduced as a more effective system in the fight against growing cross-border criminality, an efficiency gain which can be seen as having intruded on the legal certainty of the EU citizens. Th

Syftet med denna uppsats är att utreda huruvida det vore fördelaktigt med ett prejudicerande avgörande från HD beträffande våldsamma handlingar begångna vid organiserad idrottsutövning i Sverige. Sådana handlingar som normalt föranleder straffrättsligt ansvar för misshandel men istället resulterar i ansvarsfrihet då handlingarna utförts på en idrottsplan. En förutsättning för att en person ska kThe purpose of this essay is to examine whether it would be favorable with a precedent from the Swedish supreme court in case of violent actions during organized sport in Sweden. Referring to such actions that normally would result in criminal liability due to assault, but instead results in discharge since the actions been performed on a sports field. Criminal liability regarding assault requir

This case study aims to add to the existing knowledge on monoculture in Sweden by investigating which approach Landskrona Municipality has on the topic, and how it is manifested in the municipality’s urban and regional planning. Landskrona has a long history of rationalized agricultural practices strongly characterized by monoculture to provide Sweden with cash crops for self-sufficiency on food a

2013 beslutades att Fritidsbadet i Ystad var i för dåligt skick för att fortsätta vara badhus och kommunen valde därför att permanent stänga badet. Samma år utlystes en markanvisningstävling för byggnaden med målsättning att hitta en ny användning för Fritidsbadet som funnits sedan 1961. Förslaget som vann och började realiseras 2017 ville göra badet till ett hotell och konferenscenter, vilket ja2013 it was concluded that Fritidsbadet in Ystad was in too bad condition to continue to be a public bath and the municipality decided to permanently close it. The same year an architecture completion was announced and the goal was to find a new use for Fritidsbadet that was built 1961. The winning proposal, that started to become realized in 2017, wants the bath to become a hotel, which I as a lo

I denna uppsats granskas Högsta förvaltningsdomstolens användning av icke-bindande myndighetsregler, rekommendationer, vid rättskipningen i skattemål i relation till regeringsformens normsystem. Detta görs genom att använda en rättsdogmatisk metod med ett rättsutvecklingsperspektiv och en internkritisk syn på rättsordningen. Regeringsformens norm- och normgivningssystem ställer upp strikta ramar The thesis examines the use of non-binding administrative regulation, or recommendations, in the tax case law of the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court in light of the hierarchy of regulation prescribed by the Instrument of Government. This is done using a legal-dogmatic method with a development perspective and an internally critical view of the law. The hierarchy of regulation and law-making

Since 2010,there has been enormous social and political hype around artificial intelligence (‘AI’) and how it has, and will, continue to impact society. This is not just puffery, and there is growing recognition across a range of fields that there is an urgent need to further explore the use, scope and impact of AI in relation to digital forms of citizenship and the datafication of societies. Conc

This research is about unmarried cohabitation in Thailand, a country experiencing rapid economic modernization and social change. The primary aim of this research was to understand "the meaning of living together" in Thai society and societal perception toward this phenomenon from the migrant workers' point of view. The project examined the relationship of migrant workers living toge

Since the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) was adopted in 1979 there has been evident progress in the area of women's rights in great parts of the world, although this progress is still foremost concentrated to the Western hemisphere. In Argentina, the work with gender equality and women's rights set of strongly during the last decade. The

The thesis evaluates how house price development can indicate risk of mortgage defaults. This leads to conclusions about the capability that the method of the thesis has in predicting mortgage default related crises. The questions asked regard which states in the U.S. had the most volatile house prices, which states had unexpectedly high house prices at the end of 2006, and how house prices are af

This thesis evaluates twelve Chinese companies participating in a privatization reform initiated by the government. The companies were chosen for the reform during spring/summer of 2005, and the participation in the reform means that the companies start selling off state-owned shares and transform them into publicly traded A-shares. In China, A-shares are shares held by domestic investors and deno