Essays about: "Heterogeneous beliefs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Heterogeneous beliefs.

  1. 1. Students' Perceived Challenges regarding Peer Feedback in EFL Writing : A qualitative study of upper secondary students' perspective in Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

    Author : Jasmin Mourad; Susan Doyle; [2023]
    Keywords : Peer feedback; EFL writing; English language proficiency; students emotions; upper secondary school;

    Abstract : Although the benefits of peer feedback have been widely studied in the EFL classroom, fewer studies have focused on the perceived challenges of giving and receiving peer feedback from the perspective of upper secondary students in Sweden. Therefore, the aim of this qualitative study is to increase teachers’ knowledge of the challenges surrounding peer feedback for EFL writing as voiced by students. READ MORE

  3. 2. How do equity carve-outs create value? An investigation from three perspectives

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Johan Gunnarsson; Rebecca Gustafsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Equity carve-out; Value creation; Divestiture; Diversification;

    Abstract : In this study, we investigate the value creation from equity carve-outs from the perspectives of the asymmetric information hypothesis, the divestiture gains hypothesis and the heterogeneous beliefs hypothesis. We examine the corporate impact of undertaking a carve-out decision on operational performance and valuation levels for parent and subsidiary firms. READ MORE

  4. 3. Quadratic Voting and Heterogeneous Beliefs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anton Arbman Hansing; [2020]
    Keywords : social choice; market design; strategic voting; beliefs; value of information; Business and Economics; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Quadratic voting has been proposed as a voting procedure that aggregates preferences in a near-utilitarian way. A voter’s optimal strategy is, however, not solely a function of her preferences, but also of her beliefs about how others will vote. READ MORE

  5. 4. A wind of change in Germany: From local opposition against wind energy towards the national social movement Vernunftkraft

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : David Fritsch; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainability Science; Energiewende; Energy Transition; Justice; Social Movement Theory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : To reach the targets of the Paris Agreement and reduce its CO2 emissions, the expansion of wind energy on land as part of the so-called ‘Energiewende’ (energy transition) is of major significance for Germany. Yet, these sustainability endeavors are under serious attack due to a multitude of protesters that oppose wind energy efforts and unite under the label ‘Vernunftkraft’ to resist the energy transition. READ MORE

  6. 5. Speculative Betas in Europe - Based on Evidence from Western European Stocks and Bonds

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Bence Földi; Tiran Zhao; [2018]
    Keywords : Asset pricing; Heterogeneous beliefs; Disagreement; Speculative betas; Security Market Line;

    Abstract : We find and present compelling evidence to reject the classic one-regime CAPM Security Market Line based on data from developed European equity markets which we proxy by taking the original 12 members of the euro area combined with the UK. We construct a bottom-up measure for aggregate disagreement which we prove to negatively influence the curvature of the Security Market Line. READ MORE