Essays about: "financial analyses"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 254 essays containing the words financial analyses.
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1. Explaining Gender-Based Political Funding: A quantitative cross-national analysis of the impact of electoral, political, and cultural factors on political funding
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Despite global progress on gender equality, women continue to be underrepresented in politics. One widely debated policy measure aimed at tackling this issue is gendered public funding – which has been adopted in more than 30 countries worldwide yet remains understudied in the literature on gender and politics. READ MORE
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2. Green Numbers in Grey Areas: A study on what methods credit analysts use to integrate incomplete ESG data in the credit rating process
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : In response to the urgent need to address global warming, this study investigates the efforts of two credit rating agencies (CRAs), Aries and Orion, to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their financial analyses amidst challenges posed by inconsistent and unstandardized data. Based on interviews with nine CRA representatives and Knorr Cetina's theory of epistemic cultures, the present study reveals the difficulties faced by the CRAs with directly linking ESG factors to credit ratings. READ MORE
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3. The Patient Risk-Taker: Understanding the Drivers of Wealth and Inequality Across Countries
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : While economic inequality has been a topic of interest to researchers for decades, most literature is focused on inequality and its evolution in single country analyses, with very little research done on drivers of wealth inequality across countries. This paper documents an association between variations in country-level patience and risk preferences from experiments involving thousands of individuals from 76 countries, and cross-sectional wealth and wealth inequality measures. READ MORE
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4. Unlocking the AI Advantage: Investigating the Impact of AI Patents on Firm Earnings and Industry Dynamics : A Comprehensive Investigation of the Influence of AI Patent Ownership on Corporate Financial Performance
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : This study aimed to investigate the relationship between AI patents owned by companies, company earnings, industry type, and company size. The research question guiding the study was: How do AI patents owned by companies affect their earnings, and do these effects differ across industries and company sizes? Three hypotheses were developed to explore this question: 1. READ MORE
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5. Perceptions and Adoption of Cryptocurrencies in the Aftermath of the Greek Financial Crisis. A Study on the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskapAbstract : This research study investigates the potential of cryptocurrencies in alleviating the consequences of the financial crisis and identifying new avenues for economic development in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. It is motivated by the significant economic downturn experienced by Greece following the 2008 financial crisis, which led to a risk of bankruptcy and a drastic reduction in GDP per capita, with the consecutive implementation of capital controls further disrupting the financial transactions in the country. READ MORE
