Essays about: "nordic exposure"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words nordic exposure.

  1. 1. Comply or Die: A Study of ESG Factor Returns and Volatility in the Nordic Countries from 2016 to 2022

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Jean-Philippe Chakbazof; Amitesh Raghav; [2023]
    Keywords : ESG Factor; Nordic Compass; Fama Macbeth; Volatility Management; ESG Portfolio;

    Abstract : Using corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting data from 611 publicly traded firms in the Swedish House of Finance's Nordic Compass database, we estimate stock return and volatility exposures to an ESG factor during the period 2016-2022 in the Nordics. Using a Fama-Macbeth methodology, we find that during this time in the Nordic Countries exposure to an ESG factor is compensated with a risk premium and a volatility reduction in a Fama French 4 Factor model. READ MORE

  3. 2. ESTIMATION OF RADIATION EXPOSURE FROM NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES IN FOOD AND FOODSTUFF

    University essay from

    Author : Ida Bengtsson; [2022-01-13]
    Keywords : Medical physics; Naturally occurring radionuclides; committed effective dose from ingested radionuclides; Biokinetic models;

    Abstract : Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to provide an estimation of the committed effective dose received by the Swedish population from naturally occurring radionuclides (NORM) in the diet. This study was also aiming to investigate the impact on the committed effective dose due to the new developments in the biokinetic model for Po 210 . READ MORE

  4. 3. Effect of Increasing Import Competition from China on Manufacturing Employment: Evidence from Nordic Countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Aida Ranjkeshan; [2022]
    Keywords : International Trade; Import Competition; Labor Markets; Employment; Manufacturing Sector; Nordic Countries; China; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Over the last decades, the adverse effects of increased international trade and the rapid rate of globalization have been widely discussed - with labor markets in focus. This study examines the effect of increasing imports from China on manufacturing employment in Nordic countries. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mycotoxins – an increasing problem? : the effects of climate changes on Fusarium mould populations and the occurrence of fusaro toxins in Swedish cereals

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Johanna Janhager; [2018]
    Keywords : Fusarium spp.; fusarotoxins; climate change; Sweden; cereals; food safety;

    Abstract : Future changes in climate are expected to affect Sweden in the form of an up to 40 % increase in precipitation and a mean temperature that will be elevated by 3 - 4.5 °C by the end of the 21st century. These are conditions that presumably favour growth of Fusarium moulds. READ MORE

  6. 5. Pricing fixed price electricity contracts in the Nordic region

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Anton Levin; [2018]
    Keywords : Fixed price contract; Electricity load; Electricity spot price; vector autoregressive model; RAROC; Pro?le price; Correlation price; Vol- ume risk; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : In a competitive market like electricity retailing it is crucial for energy providers to estimate risk and cost for ?xed price contracts in order to set competitive but not unpro?table prices. This report calculate three price components that covers the wholesale and retail costs. READ MORE