Essays about: "forward contract"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words forward contract.

  1. 1. Conceptualizing the Role of the Financial Industry in Sustainability Transitions in Agriculture

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Joel Petersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Multi-Level Perspective; Geography; Insurance; Lending; Banking; Agronomy; Business Models; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the way that the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) can be used to understand the role of financial business services in sustainable transitions in agriculture. In doing so this thesis answered the following questions: How could the Multi-Level Perspective be used to understand the role of financial business services in sustainability transitions in agriculture? What questions may this be useful in answering? Firstly, by taking a structured approach to testing a novel approach to the MLP that can potentially contend with prior critiques to the MLP. READ MORE

  3. 2. The risk of sub-optimal allocation of government spending when implementing GDP-linked bonds

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Aline Ghatan; Anna Sandros Hansson; [2021]
    Keywords : GDP-linked Bonds; Moral Hazard; Sovereign Debt; Public Spending;

    Abstract : This paper examines the risk of suboptimal allocation of public resources in countries issuing GDP-linked bonds and how such risk can be mitigated. Throughout the analysis, a linear interest rate function for GDP-linked bonds is used. READ MORE

  4. 3. Empirical study of methods to complete the swaption volatility cube from the caplet volatility surface

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Tillämpad matematik och statistik

    Author : Niclas Samuelsson; [2021]
    Keywords : fixed income; interest rate derivatives; swaption; cap;

    Abstract : Fixed income markets are vast markets, involving a large number of actors including financial institutions, state actors, asset managers and corporations. An import part of these markets are contracts written on the xIBOR rates. READ MORE

  5. 4. Farmers management of fluctuating market prices for wheat and oilseeds : a case study of Swedish grain farmers

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Caroline Beck-Friis; Vilhelm Linde; [2021]
    Keywords : agriculture; business administration; forward contract; futures contract; grain farmers; grain marketing; grain marketing strategy; handelsbanken; hedging;

    Abstract : Since joining the European Union in 1995, food policy in Sweden has gradually undergone significant changes. Before that, the policy was thoroughly guided by ensuring and prioritizing domestic production, which was done through a system of price controls. READ MORE

  6. 5. Optimal selection of raw grain for ethanol production at Lantmännen Agroetanol

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Kommunikations- och transportsystem; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

    Author : Basel Hijazi; Gustav Åkesson; [2021]
    Keywords : Optimization; Statistical analysis; Mathematical model; AMPL; Ethanol production; Optimering; Statistisk analys; Matematisk modell; AMPL; Etanoltillverkning;

    Abstract : Lantmännen is a Swedish agricultural cooperative in agriculture, machinery, bioenergy and food. With over 10,000 employees and 5 divisions, Lantmännen is the Nordic region’s largest ethanol manufacturer. In the Energy division business area are Agroetanol, which produces sustainable ethanol that is used for, among other things, biofuels. READ MORE