Essays about: "David Nordström"

Found 3 essays containing the words David Nordström.

  1. 1. To portray the beautiful, exotic and feminine land of cheap export : How Sweden imagined Japan during Japonism, from 1858 to 1914

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Hugo Ingemarsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Japan studies; image of Japan; Japonisme; Sweden; Orientalism; Ethnocentrism; Colonialism; digital archives; Julia Beck; Richard Bergh; Leander Engström; Gustavsberg; Einar Jolin; Nils Kreuger; Carl Larsson; Karl Nordström; Jenny Nyström; Helmer Osslund; Rörstrand; Alf Wallander; Carl Wilhelmson; Anders Zorn;

    Abstract : This master thesis explores the image of Japan in the artistic creations during Japonism in Sweden. Japan and Sweden first started trading in 1868 and knowledge about Japan in Sweden were limited at best. With the emergence of the Western art movement known as Japonism, ranging from 1858 to 1914, fascination for the unknown country grew in Europe. READ MORE

  3. 2. A simulation study of two combinatorial auctions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : David Nordström; [2012]
    Keywords : PD auction; UCE auction; Combinatorial auction; Ascending auction; VCG payments; Strategy-proof; Primal-dual algorithm; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Combinatorial auctions allow buyers to express preferences over bun- dles of items. The Primal-Dual (PD) auction developed by de Vries et al. (2007) is an efficient ascending combinatorial auction which, given certain conditions on buyers valuations, achieves Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) payments. READ MORE

  4. 3. Last Minute Bidding on Tradera

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : David Nordström; [2011]
    Keywords : Last minute bidding; Sniping; Online auction; Shill; Incremental bidding; Second-price auction; Bayesian game; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In online auctions bidding frequency tends to increase towards the last minutes of the auction. This thesis investigates why bidders might choose to engage in last minute bidding, sniping, in Tradera auctions (Tradera is a Swedish subsidiary of eBay). Tradera uses a hard-close rule and a second-price rule. READ MORE