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1. 1. Navigating the Volatility Adjustment in Solvency II : Portfolio Optimization for Balance Sheet Stability

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik

   Author : Max Thorendal; [2023]
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   Abstract : This thesis investigates volatility adjustment from the Solvency II regulation and portfolio allocation methods for pension- and life insurance companies aiming to maintain a stable balance sheet. The volatility adjustment is a component added to the risk-free rate for discounting the present value of future liabilities, and it is calculated monthly based on the spread levels in the fixed-income market. READ MORE

3. 2. Digital Services Act as a new era for platform liability - A fine thread between copyright enforcement and freedom of expression

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Raluca Olsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Digital Services Act; DSA; DSM directive; platform liability; copyright; freedom of expression; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Online platforms have gained significant economic and societal importance in the last decade; the public debate on their extending influence, responsibilities and liability has also reached unprecedented levels. Platforms entered most product and service markets and disturbed trade, information exchange and communication, by shifting the offline into the online environment; their use of existing data innovatively resulted in the adoption and delivery of a vast range of digital services. READ MORE

4. 3. Avoiding the Kessler Effect : An Evaluation of the International Regulation of Space Debris

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Edvin Matton; [2023]
   Keywords : space law; space debris; international state responsibility; international state liability;

   Abstract : The mass of space debris in orbit around the Earth is growing and will continue to grow due to more frequent launches of satellites and space debris colliding with other space debris. This could lead to a situation in the future where a part, or all, of the orbit becomes so crowded with space debris that it becomes impossible to launch satellites to that region. READ MORE

5. 4. Regional Migrant Workers in Thailand: Precarity and Resistance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : My Stenquist; [2023]
   Keywords : Labour law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In recent decades, Thailand's economy has grown significantly and in one generation the country has gone from being classified as a low-income country to an upper-middle-income country. Combined with an ageing population, this has created labour shortages particularly in sectors with many low-skilled jobs, such as fishing, agriculture and manufacturing. READ MORE

6. 5. To err is human; but to drive, or not to drive, that, is the question

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Gustav Juhlin; [2022]
   Keywords : AI; Self-Driving; Automated Vehicles; Vehicles; Cars; Automated traffic; Artificial Intelligence; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Allteftersom stora framsteg görs i datorernas värld och inom artificiell intelligens ser samhället en allt större implementering av artificiell intelligence-teknologi i människors vardag. En sådan implementering är autonoma, självkörande, fordon. READ MORE