Essays about: "Risk behavior"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 542 essays containing the words Risk behavior.

1. 11. Mandating transparency on deforestation and ecosystem conversion

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Moritz Driescher; [2023]
   Keywords : sustainability reporting; mandatory disclosure; deforestation; ecosystem conversion; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The production of eggs, meat, and dairy products in the EU indirectly contributes to deforestation and ecosystem conversion (DEC) in Latin America due to extensive imports of soy for animal feed. This thesis explores under which preconditions the mandatory European Sustainability Reporting Standards for the agriculture and farming sector can increase transparency in the opaque soy supply chains and incentivize reductions of imported DEC. READ MORE

3. 12. Introduction of the Swedish Investment Saving Account and Individual Stock Investment Behavior

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Yao Fu; [2023]
   Keywords : capital income taxation; ISK; stock investment; idiosyncratic risk; systematic risk;

   Abstract : The Swedish government introduced a new saving platform named as the Swedish Investment Saving Account (ISK) in January 2012 in order to simplify the taxation on the capital income of security investment. Compared to the conventional accounts (CA), ISK is taxed at a flat-rate based on the balance in the account, and there is no other taxation related to security sales and dividend distribution. READ MORE

4. 13. Second hand + Online + Gen Z = TRUE : A quantitative study on the motivations behind second-hand shopping for clothes online

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Amanda Häggmark; Fanny Olofsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Online shopping second-hand; Generation Z; Impulse Buying Tendency; Perceived Risk; Shopping Motives;

   Abstract : The environmental issues in the world are critical and sustainability becomes more important. There is a certain lack in the textile industry, where the production of clothes is responsible for water pollution, landfill waste and greenhouse gas emission. READ MORE

5. 14. On the influence of COVID-19 on the stock market : A complex system analysis

   University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Nikolaos Giannakis; [2023]
   Keywords : Stock market; Complex system; Systematic risk; Agent-based model;

   Abstract : The stock market is a highly complex adaptive system as different entities interact, operate and change states due to a specific trading behavior they follow. For that reason, the dynamics that can be found there change over time due to these actions. However, when systematic risks like COVID-19 take place these dynamics are altered. READ MORE

6. 15. Does target firm risk differ depending on the gender of the acquiring firm's CEO?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Anton Strandqvist; Malkolm Sten; [2023]
   Keywords : Chief Executive Officer; Gender; Mergers and Acquisitions; Risk aversion; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study aims to examine the relationship between the gender of the CEO and target firm risk in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Sweden. Previous research has shown that there may be differences in risk attitudes and behavior between men and women, which could affect their decision-making processes in M&A transactions. READ MORE