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1. 21. By Vice or Virtue: Does it Pay Off to Sin During Market Downturns?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : William Sandell; Albin Lindgren; [2021]
   Keywords : Sin stocks; Socially responsible investing; Recession resistance; Alpha; Beta; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper investigates sin stock characteristics through relative return performance compared to the global market index MSCI World, defining stock defensiveness towards market movements (i.e. recession resistance) and abnormal amounts of excess returns. READ MORE

3. 22. Impact of Social Media on Investment Decision : A quantitative study which consider s information online , online community behaviour, and firm image

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Safa Khalil Abu-Taleb; Fredrick Nilsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Information from Social Media; Online Community Behaviour; Firm Image on Social Media; Investment Decision; Behavioural Finance;

   Abstract : While finance has been studied for several years, behavioural finance, an area that studies how psychological influences can affect market outcomes, is still relatively new, and this subject remains wide open for greater exploration. Social media, which has experienced rapid growth and is now a fundamental part of everyday life, is recognized as key to predicting future outcomes, leading to several studies exploring this subject. READ MORE

4. 23. A Sociological Perspective on Organ Transplantation and Donation in Serbia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Teodora Vojnov; [2021]
   Keywords : Organ transplantation; organ donation; social capital; gift exchange theory; motivated information management; theory of planned behaviour; religion.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Organ shortage has been a large issue all over the world, almost for as long as there have been organ transplants. Other than the straightforward issues like the organs not matching between the donor and the recipient, limited availability of suitable donors, logistic problems involved with the transplantation procedure etc. READ MORE

5. 24. Materialising a Black Belt: A cultural analytical approach to clothing and capital in martial arts

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Rebecca van der Steen; [2021]
   Keywords : material culture; martial arts; capital; Bourdieu; affect; mana; social hierarchy; global-local identity; karate clothing; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the material culture of karate clothing in Sweden, namely the karate belt(obi) and the karate uniform (gi). It employs ethnographic methods to observe how these objects reveal themselves in observation and interview in the karate practise hall (dojo), and uses a Bourdieuan framework to analyse the different types of capital which emerge; cultural, social and symbolic. READ MORE

6. 25. The behaviour of retail investors and price discovery in China

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Oscar W. Hultman; John-Henrik L. A. von Dahn; [2020-08-21]
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   Abstract : China has, in the last decades, seen tremendous economic growth. Retail investors characterize the equity market, and these retail investors, who have a substantial impact on the price discovery in the mainland stock markets of China, are not entirely rational in their financial behaviours. READ MORE