Essays about: "Cross-sectional variation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 65 essays containing the words Cross-sectional variation.

1. 11. User Choice in Elderly Care in Sweden: Quality, Cost, and Covid-19

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Karolina Westin; [2021]
   Keywords : Quasi-market; user choice; elderly care; variation in treatment timing; treatment effect heterogeneity; staggered Difference-in-Difference;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the impacts of user choice in Swedish elderly care on quality and cost as well as the impact of marketisation on the Covid-19 death toll. In the last three decades welfare service provision in Sweden has been increasingly marketised. READ MORE

3. 12. Spaculative Sentiment - An Analysis of the Impact of Investor Sentiment on SPAC Activity and Performance

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Hannes Weidemann; Eid Jazairi; [2021]
   Keywords : Special purpose acquisition company; Investor sentiment; Speculative; Cross-sectional variation;

   Abstract : SPACs have experienced a puzzling surge in popularity despite academics documenting their severe historic underperformance. This paper adds a new layer to previous research by investigating whether market sentiment can explain SPAC activity and performance. We find that SPAC activity rises when investor sentiment falls. READ MORE

4. 13. Evaluation of Environmental Effects of Corporate Mobility as a Service : A case study

   University essay from KTH/Transportplanering

   Author : Carl May; [2020]
   Keywords : MaaS; CMaaS; corporate mobility; cross-sectional survey; person-category analysis; GHG; societal effects;

   Abstract : In times of progressive urbanization and increased environmental awareness, the mobility sector faces the challenge to satisfy an increasing demand, while simultaneously decreasing the negative externalities of transportation. The emerging concept Mobility as a Service (MaaS) claims to resolve this conflict, by offering individualized and seamless mobility through combination of all available modes. READ MORE

5. 14. The Popular Response to the Ageing Crisis: A Time-Series Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Effects of Demographic Ageing on Individuals’ Support for Welfare State Policy in 13 Advanced Democracies (1996-2016)

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Oskar Pettersson; [2020]
   Keywords : demographic ageing; dependency ratio; welfare state attitudes; spending preferences; social investment; TSCS; pseudo-panel; cross-level interaction; intergenerational cleavages;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the relationship between demographic ageing, as captured by temporal, within-country variation in the ratio of elderly to the working-age population – the dependency ratio – on citizens’ support for the welfare state. The research problem is vitally relevant considering the worsening demographic structure of advanced democracies, a process that is having considerable ramifications on the possibilities of financing comprehensive welfare states. READ MORE

6. 15. Modeling the evolution of market uncertainty- Hedge Fund returns and Volatility of Aggregate Volatility within a dynamic perspective

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Annalisa Caros; [2019-07-02]
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   Abstract : This paper investigates, in a dynamic perspective, whether uncertainty about equity market returns can have implications on hedge fund portfolio decisions over time. Therefore, the thesis wants to ascertain if the risk originated by that uncertainty is an explanatory factor for cross-sectional differences in returns over time. READ MORE