Essays about: "grade inflation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words grade inflation.

  1. 1. The Impact of the Recession on Swedish Real Estate Companies : A Study of Financial Strategy and Risk Management of Companies with Different Credit Ratings

    University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella system

    Author : Greta Aronsson; Elsa Johannessen; [2023]
    Keywords : Credit Rating; Financial Strategy; Risk Management; Capital Structure; Capital Market Financing; Bank Financing; Real Estate Market; Kreditbetyg; Finansiell strategi; Riskhantering; Kapitalstruktur; Kapitalmarknadsfinansiering; Bankfinansiering; Fastighetsmarknaden;

    Abstract : The world's economies are in a turbulent phase where rising inflation has hit the global and Swedish economy hard. The Central Bank of Sweden has raised the policy rate expansively in recent months, with the intention of curbing inflation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Decomposing grade inflation in Sweden's compulsory school

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Elias Nilsson; Sofie Liang; [2021]
    Keywords : grade inflation; municipal schools; free schools; Sweden’s school system; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In Swedish media, there has been a heated debate regarding the school system. Since 1992, free schools, which are similar to voucher schools, have been permitted as a competitor to municipal schools. READ MORE

  4. 3. Grade Leniency and Competition : A study of Swedish Compulsory Level Municipality Schools

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Thor; [2020]
    Keywords : School choice; grade inflation; quasi-markets; independent schools; municipalities;

    Abstract : In Sweden, there has been an increased discrepancy between increasing merit ratings and decreasing results in international surveys such as PISA. At the same time, since the 1990s, Sweden has had several reforms that resulted in increased competition, decentralization and trust-based evaluations. READ MORE

  5. 4. Optimizing the Nuclear Waste Fund's Profit

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Zakaria Kazi-tani; André Ramirez Alvarez; [2018]
    Keywords : Nuclear Waste Fund; optimization; the Markowitz portfolio theory; strategic asset allocation; tactical asset allocation; polynomial regression; bonds; disposal; Kärnavfallsfonden; nuclear waste; the Legal; Financial and Administrative Services Agency; MATLAB;

    Abstract : The Nuclear Waste Fund constitutes a financial system that finances future costs of the management of spent nuclear fuel as well as decommissioning of nuclear power plants. The fund invests its capital under strict rules which are stipulated in the investment policy established by the board. READ MORE

  6. 5. Is there Spatial Dependence in Grading between Upper Secondary Schools in Sweden?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Mikael Jonasson; Melissa Ryberg; [2017-07-28]
    Keywords : Spatial dependence; Grade inflation; Spatial Durbin model; Spatial weight matrix;

    Abstract : This paper suggests that there is spatial dependence in grade inflation between upper secondary schools in Sweden by providing evidence of grade inflation in the courses of Swedish and Mathematics. The findings indicate that if neighboring schools inflate their grades by roughly 10 percent, the own schools grade inflation will increase by roughly 1. READ MORE