Essays about: "oil prices 2009"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words oil prices 2009.

  1. 1. Does hedging increase firm performance? An empirical analysis of the shipping industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Nilsson; Wendy Patino; [2017]
    Keywords : Hedging; Risk Management; Return on Invested Capital; Shipping; Operating Performance; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this study, we analyze the hedging activities for risk management purposes of 31 shipping companies headquartered in Europe and North America and its impact on ROIC, in the period between 2009 and 2014. We also study how ROIC interacts with hedging and investments undertaken by the firms in our sample. READ MORE

  3. 2. Information content and pricing of options a jump-diffusion setting

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Kristaps Vasiljevs; [2016]
    Keywords : Merton jump-diffusion model; Calibration; Asian option; Oil; Pricing;

    Abstract : It is believed that information that is incorporated within market prices is accurate and useful. To evaluate this, I, first of all, calibrate the Merton jump-diffusion model to oil options over the period from 2009 to 2015. I show that the retrieved parameters capture market events properly and appropriately. READ MORE

  4. 3. Implementing sustainable electricity production systems on Mahé in the Seychelles

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Paula Johnsson; Nina Haskovec; [2014]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This bachelor thesis project in Renewable Energy Technology conducted as a literature study along with a field study on the main island Mahé in the Seychelles. The study aims to investigate the feasibility to add renewable energy to the grid on the densely populated  island  Mahé,  in  regards  of  an  economic  and  environmental  point  of  view. READ MORE

  5. 4. Regulatory reform on the European gas market. Does it make a difference?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hans-William Ressel; [2013-12-03]
    Keywords : European gas market; unbundling; gas directive; third energy package; quantitative method;

    Abstract : The structure of the European gas market has been the subject of extensive discussion during the last decade resulting in two EU directives. A key concept in this discussion is the mandatory break up of vertically integrated gas companies, also known as unbundling. READ MORE

  6. 5. The future of Swedish forests : an analysis of two contrasting policy scenarios

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Antonija Laginja; [2013]
    Keywords : Policy scenarios; forest resources; future; wood energy; biodiversity; EFSOS;

    Abstract : Constant increases in oil prices, greenhouse gas emissions, and concerns about energy import dependence are shifting focus towards renewable resources. In 2009 the European parliament and the council of the European Union have published the directive in which is stated that the mandatory national targets should consist of 20% share of energy from renewable sources and 10% energy from renewable sources in transport in all Member States by the year 2020 (Directive 2009/28/EC). READ MORE