Essays about: "Linus Mattsson"

Found 2 essays containing the words Linus Mattsson.

  1. 1. Unrest as Incentive for Cooperation? : The Diversionary Peace Theory, Turkish-Syrian Relations and the Kurdish Conflict

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linus Mattsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Diversionary Peace theory; Diversionary War theory; international conflict; Turkey; Syria; Kurdish conflict; process-tracing;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate the link between internal and external conflict of states in the field of International Relations. More specifically, it is a critique of the Diversionary War theory, which argues that political leaders can instigate foreign conflict to divert the attention from domestic issues in order to secure their political positions. READ MORE

  2. 2. Forecasting Volatility - An Empirical Investigation of Implied Volatility and Its Information Content

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Linus Mattsson; Johan Möse; [2009]
    Keywords : implied volatility; Predictive Power; Volatility forecast; model based forecast; incremental information; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate volatility forecasts by testing the predictive power of implied volatility vis-à-vis model based forecasts. Furthermore we test if implied volatility contains any additional information beyond that captured by the model based forecasts. A number of time series models are fitted to historical data. READ MORE