Essays about: "Fact Check"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 46 essays containing the words Fact Check.

  1. 41. The impact of the intensity of firm's intangible assets on the volatility of their stock prices

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik och samhälle

    Author : Takoeta Fred Tambong; [2008]
    Keywords : intangible assets; volatility; stock prices;

    Abstract : The volatility of share prices is an important variable in most asset pricing models and option pricing formulas.Valuation of volatility of share prices have become a major challenge with the development of the knowledge-driven economy as evidence suggest that not all elements of company wealth are physical in nature. READ MORE

  3. 42. On the Relevance of Fractional Gaussian Processes for Analysing Financial Markets

    University essay from Matematiska och systemtekniska institutionen

    Author : Haidar Al-Talibi; [2007]
    Keywords : Fractional Brownian motion; Fractional Gaussian noise; semmimartingale; volatility.;

    Abstract : In recent years, the field of Fractional Brownian motion, Fractional Gaussian noise and long-range dependent processes has gained growing interest. Fractional Brownian motion is of great interest for example in telecommunications, hydrology and the generation of artificial landscapes. READ MORE

  4. 43. Erosionsskydd i strandzoner

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management

    Author : Charlotta Axberg; [2007]
    Keywords : erosion; erosionsskydd;

    Abstract : Erosion in coastal areas is a common problem all around the world. The range of the problem depends on several factors, i.e. type of bed-rock and soil, wind and wave climate. READ MORE

  5. 44. Grain receipts as collateral for agribusiness' financing : a feasibility study of grain receipts for corn producers in Jalisco, Mexico

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Ivan Garcia; [2006]
    Keywords : grain receipts; Mexico; agency theory; rural finance; warehouse receipts; rural development; collateral; agribusiness; Jalisco; corn; elevator;

    Abstract : Jalisco's corn producers from the Cienega province are locked in a cycle of low profitability. The corn producers have been affected by the lack of access to adequate financial intermediaries such as banks. The cycle of low profitability contributes towards a low quality of life and a lack of competitiveness. READ MORE

  6. 45. Humanitarian intervention, a refugee reducing or increasing action?- a case study on Iraq

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Karolin Silfver; [2005]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : My thesis is a case study on the intervention in Iraq 2003, which was intensely debated prior the intervention and the debate is not yet concluded. My purpose is to analyse whether the intervention may be seen as a humanitarian intervention according to the criterions stipulated by the ICISS's report on the ''Responsibility to Protect'' and other authors' views about what justify a humanitarian intervention. READ MORE