Essays about: "Tobit"

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1. 1. Agricultural official development assistance: an assessment of empirical aid determinants : Trends and shocks of aid activity to agriculture from 2002 to 2018

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Alessandro Giacardi; [2022]
   Keywords : Official development assistance; agriculture; aid; Tobit; panel data; developing economics;

   Abstract : This thesis uses an event approach to understand some under-researched aspects of bilateral development assistance (ODA) in the agricultural sector. The empirical findings on ODA analysis largely agree on some historical explanatory determinants, both political and economic, driving bilateral ODA. READ MORE

3. 2. Ownership and CSR – A Love-Hate Relationship? : A quantitative study of the ownership structure’s influence on corporate socialresponsibility.

   University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Elsa Öhrnell; Filip Leander; [2022]
   Keywords : Corporate social responsibility; Corporate governance; Ownership structure; Shareholder; Stakeholder;

   Abstract : Background: As corporate social responsibility (CSR) has increasingly received more awarenessdue to a growing expectation of corporations to actively engage in social and environmental issues,understanding the factors influencing CSR is of great importance. Prior literature has shown theownership structure to be contributing factors for variances in CSR performance found amongstfirms. READ MORE

4. 3. Determinants of the Payment Methods in Mergers and Acquisitions

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Negar Najafinobar; [2021-06-30]
   Keywords : Mergers and Acquisitions Payment method;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the determinants of mergers and acquisitions method of payment in the US in the 2003-2019 period. The relationships between firm and deal characteristics as well as macroeconomic variables and the method of payment in M&A deals in the US are analyzed. READ MORE

5. 4. Goodwill Impairment and Earnings Management in the year of the pandemic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Christine Dicken; Oskar Unger; [2021]
   Keywords : Goodwill Impairment; Earnings Management; Discretion; IFRS 3; IAS 36; COVID-19; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of the research is to analyze managers’ use of accounting discretion in goodwill impairment losses of European firms in 2020 – a year of financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic – and whether the discretion employed reflects earnings management. Methodology: The difference in earnings between impairers and non-impairers is analyzed by employing a Mann-Whitney U-test and an independent T-test. READ MORE

6. 5. Big Five Personality Traits andSustainable Investments : A survey study based on the Swedish private investors willingness to pay for ESG rating

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Amanda Björnström Hellbom; Erika Jigholm; [2021]
   Keywords : Big five taxonomy; Behavioral finance; Environmental; social and governance ESG ; Personality; Socially responsible investing SRI ; Willingness to pay WTP .;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to the currently still sprawling literature on the force of sustainable investing together with the “Big Five” personality structure (Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism). By investigating which personality trait, based on the Big Five personality taxonomy, that was willing to exchange revenue for a higher ESG rating in a hypothetical investment fund, we were able to determine when private investors were willing to pay more for a more sustainable investment. READ MORE