Essays about: "insurance, finance"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 24 essays containing the words insurance, finance.

  1. 6. Building Trust on the Green Bond Market : A Qualitative Study Examining the Investors' Perspective

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Michaela Persson; [2021]
    Keywords : Green bonds; green bond market; sustainable finance; market transition; Gröna obligationer; gröna obligationsmarknaden; hållbar ekonomi; marknadsövergång;

    Abstract : The green bond market has grown rapidly in the past years but still only stands for 1 percent of the total bond market. More issuers need to issue green bonds for the green bond market to grow, and investors need to invest in new issuers. A weakness of the green bond market is that there is no universal definition of sustainability. READ MORE

  3. 7. Feeling the Heat of Climate Change - How Sensitive Could It Be? 

    University essay from

    Author : Gustav Kollberg; John Skantze; [2020-06-29]
    Keywords : Climate Sensitivity; Predictability of Stock Returns; Temperature Anomaly; Fama French Three-Factor Model; Carhart Four-Factor Model;

    Abstract : This thesis examines if climate sensitivity predicts stock returns and how well this measurement performs. The sample consists of the S&P 500 and the monthly stock return for the period between 1979 to 2019. The method is first to estimate the climate sensitivity for stock returns from temperature anomaly. READ MORE

  4. 8. Risk, Resilience and Insurance in Sudanese Pastoralism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Alla Safieldin; [2019]
    Keywords : Climate change adaptation; Disaster risk management; Drought; Index-based livestock insurance; Pastoralism; Risk; Resilience; Sudan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The nomadic pastoralists of the Sahel are often identified as a group at the frontline of global climate change. Their existence in arid and semi-arid regions and their reliance on seasonal rainfall are among the factors that contribute to their vulnerability to drought and climate shocks. READ MORE

  5. 9. Are the debts owed to Atradius DSB by the Suape Port Authority Illegitimate?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Gustav Tullberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Illegitimate Debt; Export Credit Finance; Export Credit Agency; Suape; Atradius DSB; Van Oord; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2011, the Dutch dredging company Van Oord was hired to expand the Suape port’s capacity by dredging the entrance to a new shipyard, and to deepen the access channel to the port in order to allow bigger tankers to reach a newly built local oil refinery. The company took out insurance for these projects by the Dutch ECA Atradius DSB (Dutch State Business). READ MORE

  6. 10. Out-of-pocket Health Expenditure in Nepal

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Matthew Moroni; [2019]
    Keywords : Nepal; healthcare; catastrophic health expenditure; out of pocket expenditure; social capital; identity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Medical care in Nepal is largely financed by the individual, and although insurance programs and subsidies exist, they are limited in coverage, amount of assistance provided, and level of enrollment. Medical needs that extend beyond basic health services, specifically following acute injury can lead to financial difficulties that may jeopardize the ability to maintain basic needs and can push people into cycles of poverty. READ MORE