Essays about: "Kuhn"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 29 essays containing the word Kuhn.

  1. 21. Game contingent claims

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Daniel Eliasson; [2012]
    Keywords : Game contingent claims; game options; Israeli options; Dynkin games; zero-sum games; non-zero-sum games; Monte-Carlo simulation; pricing;

    Abstract : Abstract Game contingent claims (GCCs), as introduced by Kifer (2000), are a generalization of American contingent claims where the writer has the opportunity to terminate the contract, and must then pay the intrinsic option value plus a penalty. In complete markets, GCCs are priced using no-arbitrage arguments as the value of a zero-sum stochastic game of the type described in Dynkin (1969). READ MORE

  3. 22. The International Science Programme in Bangladesh : A case of self-interest, interdependence or social empowerment?

    University essay from Statsvetenskap; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Tatjana Kuhn; [2012]
    Keywords : Realism; interdependence liberalism; constructivism; official development assistance; research capacity building; International Science Programme; local ownership; empowerment; partnership;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyze different forms of North-South development assistance with regard to its widespread critique and to examine whether the field of international research capacity building holds alternative development cooperation strategies that have the potential to reconcile some of the criticisms. The focus is on the International Science Programme (ISP) and the empirical research carried out in Bangladesh and Sweden on the ISP-Bangladesh collaboration in the form of semi-structured interviews constitutes the core case study evidence. READ MORE

  4. 23. The goats are dying : grassroots initiatives to tackle unwanted plastic garbage in Burkina Faso

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Torsten Flyng; [2011]
    Keywords : Plastic Garbage; Burkina Faso; Public Space; Private Space; Recycling; The Commons; Landscape Amnesia;

    Abstract : In Burkina Faso plastic refuse is starting to become a physical threat to humans, livestock and the environment. In light of concerns that plastic garbage is becoming dangerous there are three grassroots initiatives that have sprung up to address the plastic garbage problem. READ MORE

  5. 24. Energy Cooperation in the Caucasus: Continuity and Change in Russian-Turkish Relations

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Sascha Kuhn; David Mosler; Katharina Richter; [2010]
    Keywords : Russian-Turkish Relations; Energy Cooperation; Caucasus; Russia; Turkey; Foreign Policy; Neo-Realism; Liberal Intergovernmentalism; BSEC; CSCP; Pipeline Politics;

    Abstract : This article explores the links between the remarkable change in Russian-Turkish foreign relations in the early 2000s and the geostrategic importance of the Caucasus for global energy security. For much of the 1990s, domestic instability and power distribution distracted both countries’ focus on regional issues. READ MORE

  6. 25. Repulsion : Subjektivitet och frågor kring det sociala

    University essay from Filmvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Lagerkranser; [2007]
    Keywords : Repulsion; Polanski; subjektivitet; diskurs; modernism; social; Foucault; mottagande; censur; mental;

    Abstract : The scope of this investigation is the conditions under which readings of Repulsion (1965), and its depicted mental illness, took place in Sweden during the censorship debates in 1965, and also how the reception was related to narration and subjectivity in the film. The reason for this is the strong reactions to the images of the main character’s inner state, and concerns about negative effects in the public, that were raised. READ MORE