Essays about: "risk propensity"

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  1. 6. Study of Thrombin-Derived C-Terminal Peptide with aggregation propensity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i molekylärbiologi

    Author : Klaudia Detkiewicz; [2022]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Ett nytt lovande alternativ för antibiotika Hudsår är alltid med risk för bakteriell angrepp. När en infektion uppstår står immunförsvaret inför en stor utmaning, då inte sällan motståndaren övervinner flera strider. En av kroppens strategier för kampen med patogener är inflammation. READ MORE

  3. 7. Influences of genetically predicted and attained education on geographical mobility and their association with mortality : A cohort study investigating the influence of genetic predisposition to higher education as well as attained education on geographic mobility and differences in mortality risk in Swedish twins born 1926-1955

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

    Author : Elsa Ojalehto; [2022]
    Keywords : Polygenic score; Attained education; Geographic mobility; Mortality; Socioeconomic status;

    Abstract : Introduction Research show that both educational attainment and genetic propensity to education (PGSEdu) can be associated with geographic mobility and that individuals living in more deprived areas tend to have poorer health while those living in more advantaged places tend to have better health. In this thesis, the aim was to study how polygenic scores for education and attained education influence and differ by geographic mobility, and how they influence the association between geographic mobility and mortality. READ MORE

  4. 8. Are women really more risk averse? A study on gender differences in corporate financial policy decisions

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Anton Dahl; Lina Dahlin; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender differences; CEO gender; Risk-taking; Leverage; Cash ratio;

    Abstract : Despite the recent progression of gender diversity in managerial positions, men still outnumber women at the top. The stereotype of women as being less prone to risk is sometimes referred to as an explanation of why women do not break the glass ceiling. Our study contributes to the existing literature on gender differences in risk propensity. READ MORE

  5. 9. PEPP Talk: The Impact of the ECB's Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme on the Corporate Bond Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lorenzo Gianni Günther; Emma Lundblad; [2022]
    Keywords : Quantitative Easing; The European Central Bank; The Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme; Corporate Bonds; Covid-19; Credit Spread; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: This thesis aims to evaluate whether the ECB’s Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) cushioned the Covid-19 crisis’ impact on the Euro area’s corporate bond market and relieved borrowing conditions. Methodology: The methodology is based upon unbalanced panel data and difference-in-differences regressions with firm-clustered standard errors. READ MORE

  6. 10. A portrait of a crypto investor

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Gabriel Dagsanth; Victor White; [2022]
    Keywords : Crypto Investors; Cryptocurrencies; Theory of Planned Behaviour;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the new phenomena of crypto through a quantitative study based on a sample of n=31 crypto investors. The study portrays key characteristics of crypto investors as well as to what extent these characteristics affect attitudes towards the crypto market, and consequently, investing behavior. READ MORE