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In this article, we study the price monotonicity in the parameters of the Heston model for a contract with a convex pay-off function; in particular we consider European put options. We show that the price is increasing in the constant term in the drift of the variance process and decreasing in the coefficient of the linear term in the drift of variance process. We also show that the price is incre

The aim of the thesis The Court Service in Sweden. Regulation and Development 1684-1989 is to investigate the special church service which was decreed by Swedish law in connection with trials in law courts between 1684 and 1989. The service was initiated by King Karl XI of Sweden in 1684 by a letter to the Bishop of Västerås Diocese. Initially, the service was held only within parts of the Dioce

This paper investigates the association between perinatal health and all-cause mortality for specific age intervals, assessing the contribution of maternal socioeconomic characteristics and the presence of maternal-level confounding. Our study is based on a cohort of 12,564 singletons born between 1915 and 1929 at the Uppsala University Hospital. We fitted Cox regression models to estimate age-var

Gone are the days when women were exclusively confined to care work in the private sphere and men dominated in the public sphere. Still, the increase in the number of women in gainful employment has not engendered a more equitable division of family responsibilities inside the family unit. In fact, the birth of a child often entails in itself a ‘re-traditionalisation’ of working and family pattern

The taxation of the digital economy has become a relevant subject, as business models and value creation chains of all sectors have been transformed bringing challenges to the international tax system and parameters for the allocation of taxing rights between source and residence jurisdictions. In view of these changes, the European Commission has published two proposals for directives on the taxa

Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyze the possibilities for China to create a socio-economic environment whereby the domestic accounting firms can compete with and even challenge the ¡®Big Four¡¯ accounting firms in Chinese auditing market. Methodology The development of Chinese domestic accounting firms is reviewed and analyzed from macro and micro aspects including politi

Den här uppsatsen handlar om dopundervisning i Svenska kyrkan. Undersökningen börjar med en genomgång av hur dopundervisningen har sett ut från Jesus tid fram till idag. Därefter görs först en komparativ innehållsanalys av äldre katekeser, Luthers lilla och stora katekes samt av tre andra katekeser som företrädare för Svenska kyrkan gav ut fram till 1980-talet. I dessa undersöker jag vad de grundThe subject of this essay is the pre- and post-baptismal education in the Church of Sweden. My method of investigation is a comparative content analysis. The documents analyzed are catechisms, different documents approved by the Church of Sweden, 27 pastoral instructions about baptism, 3 pastoral instructions about confirmation and 60 so-called parish instructions (the Church Ordinance of 1999 req

The goal for this thesis was to understand the scope of the healthcare exemption in the Directive 2006/123/EC on Services in the Internal Market (Services Directive) as it applies to national legislation/authorities of the membership states (MS) of EU. The basis for this thesis is the Services Directive; this Directive has certain exceptions in regards to the subject matter. Therefore, for a deepe

When developing software today, we still use old tools and ideas. Maybe it is time to start from scratch and try tools and languages that are more in line with how we actually want to develop software. The Go Programming Language was created at Google by a rather famous trio: Rob Pike, Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer. Before introducing Go, the company suffered from their development process no

This thesis adds to the social debate on the relationship between society and fashion consumers. In order to explore this, the phenomenon of fashion rental is investigated to provide insights on how fashion consumers account for their behavior in order to come off as respectable. The study takes an qualitative approach by conducting eight semi-structured interviews and exploring the participants i

The interest of religion in the academia of history and the history of ideas has held an unobtrusive and modest position during modernity. Often, religion and its influences, was regarded as something waning, something that was about to disappear. Instead science would become the foremost guiding light upon which most historians would focus their gaze. This essay aims to examine how article-author

This thesis examines the relationship between university education quality and young graduates' labour outcomes. The thesis employs a micro-level data analysis based on the National Survey of Households (ENAHO) and information from the National Board of University Education (SUNEDU). Linear Probability Models and an OLS multivariate regression are used to assess the effects of the quality univ

Research question: How does the communication of CSR strategies impact the legitimacy of fashion brands from a consumer perspective? Purpose: The purpose of the report is to examine whether the communication of CSR strategies influences the legitimacy of fashion brands from a consumer perspective. Methodology: The study utilizes a qualitative research approach based on three conducted focus grou

Currently, many detector technologies for thermal neutron detection are in development in order to lower the demand for the rare He-3 gas. Gas detectors with solid thin film neutron converters readout by gas proportional counter method have been proposed as an appropriate choice for applications where large area coverage is necessary. In this paper, we investigate the probability for gamma-rays to

Background: The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) is one of the most commonly used self-report instruments for evaluation of health-related quality of life in oncology patients. However, cultural considerations necessitate testing of the subscales in different populations. We sought to qualitatively and quantitatively investigate the applicability and psychometric properties of the Ch

Syftet med denna kandidatuppsats är att genom en enkätundersökning tillföra ett explicit kunskapsbidrag huruvida konsumenter bygger lojalitet till ett varumärke eller till en influencer och undersöka om det finns några skillnader i graden av lojalitet mellan generation X och generation Y. Författarna av denna kandidatuppsats har utifrån en objektivistisk ståndpunkt genomfört en kvantitativ studie The purpose of this candidate thesis is to provide an explicit knowledge of whether a consumer builds loyalty to a brand or an influencer and investigates whether there are any differences in the degree of loyalty between generation X and generation Y. The authors of this bachelor thesis have conducted a quantitative study with a deductive research based on an objectivist approach. The analysis an

Examensarbetets titel: "Influencer Marketing - ytlig inspiration eller något djupare?" - En kvalitativ studie om relationen mellan modeinfluencers och följare ur ett konsumentkulturperspektiv Seminariedatum: 2018-01-11 Kurs: FEKH29, Examensarbete kandidatnivå i marknadsföring, 15 hp Författare: Michelle Da Silva Pereira, Eric Larsson, Oscar Molin Handledare: Jon Bertilsson Fem nyckeTitle: "Influencer Marketing - Superficial Inspiriation or Something Deeper?" - A qualitative research about the relationship between fashion influencers and their followers from a Consumer Culture Perspective Seminar date: 2018-01-11 Course: FEKH29, Business Administration: Bachelor Degree Project In Marketing Undergraduate Level, 15 Credits Authors: Michelle Da Silva Pereira, Eric

Examensarbetets titel: Att argumentera för att konsumera. En multimetodologisk studie kring hur konsumenter argumenterar för oetisk konsumtion. Seminariedatum: 2022-06-03 Ämne/kurs: FEKH29, Examensarbete kandidatnivå i marknadsföring, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Danira Numanspahic, Vera Pamp, Vilma Persson Handledare: Annette Cerne Nyckelord: Oetisk konsumtion, Fast fashion, The Attitude-Beh