Essays about: "2000-2008"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the word 2000-2008.

  1. 1. Vladimir Putin’s 20 years in power : The investigation of Vladimir Putin’s grounds of political legitimacy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Slaviska språk

    Author : Lennar Gaynullin; [2022]
    Keywords : political legitimacy; Russia; protests on Bolotnaya Square; Putin’s rating.; политическая легитимность; Россия; Болотная площадь; рейтинг Путина.; den politiska legitimitet; Ryssland; protesterna på Bolotnajatorg; Putins rankning;

    Abstract : This paper aims to investigate the grounds of political legitimacy on which Vladimir Putin relied and still relies to sustain his popularity and remain in power today. Special emphasis is placed on the period after the opposition protests in 2011-2012 and demonstrations on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. READ MORE

  3. 2. How much new information does a credit rating announcement convey to the financial markets? : A comparison before and after the 2008 global financial crisis

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Simon Otterberg; August Zetterberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Event study; finance; credit rating; credit rating agency; information content; stock market;

    Abstract : Background: The credit rating agencies have been heavily contested and criticized. In addition to this, other informational sources may potentially deliver the information that the CRA is intended to provide. This may have changed their role in reducing information asymmetry in the financial market. READ MORE

  4. 3. Maturity, Speculation and Corporate Hedging: An Empirical Study in Oil and Gas Firms from 2000-2008

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Xinyun Lin; Xitong Cong; [2017]
    Keywords : Maturity; Hedging; Speculation; Hedging determinants; Derivative usage; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this paper, we develop a new but also under-researched measure for firms’ hedging practice: maturity. Comparison between the outputs of two sets of Tobit model using hedge ratio and maturity respectively shows that the costs of financial distress hypothesis and the financing costs hypothesis are partially supported by both hedge ratio and maturity. READ MORE

  5. 4. Maturity, Speculation and Corporate Hedging - An Empirical Study in Oil and Gas Firms from 2000-2008

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Xinyun Lin; Xitong Cong; [2017]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this paper, we develop a new but also under-researched measure for firms’ hedging practice: maturity. Comparison between the outputs of two sets of Tobit model using hedge ratio and maturity respectively shows that the costs of financial distress hypothesis and the financing costs hypothesis are partially supported by both hedge ratio and maturity. READ MORE

  6. 5. Do attitudes towards equlaity between men and women affect the gender wage gap?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Noor Sedehi Zadeh; Morgan Larsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Gender wage gap; Attitudes; Gender equality; Labour Market;

    Abstract : The objective of this essay is to investigate how attitudes towards equality between men and women affect the gender wage gap. The essay studies how positive and negative attitudes on gender equality affects the gender income gap. READ MORE