Essays about: "Xu Han"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Xu Han.
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1. Audit scope: disclosure practice and implications on audit pricing and audit delay
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : Using a sample of FTSE 100 firms spanning from 2019 to 2022, this study documents auditors' audit scope disclosure in practice after the introduction of revised auditing standards related to auditors' report in the UK. We provide evidence on actual disclosure of audit components and audit coverage benchmarks used. READ MORE
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2. Electricity Prices Under Fire: An Empirical Assessment of Intermittent Renewable Energy Sources as a Remedy to High Gas Prices
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Europe has experienced a drastic increase in electricity prices since fall 2021, and it is largely acknowledged that this extreme increase is a consequence of the natural gas supply crisis in Europe. Meanwhile, intermittent renewable energy sources (IRES) are playing an ever more important role in the electricity generation of many European countries. READ MORE
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3. Happiness is the same price as red bottoms? Welfare Cost of Business Cycle with Consumption Disasters
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This paper constructs a model, calibrated towards the Swedish economy, with heterogeneous agents in the economy who make decisions to maximize their expected utilities, subjected both to aggregate risks and idiosyncratic risks. In setting up the model, I try to match the unit-root nature of total factor of productivity and the unit-root component in the aggregate consumption time series, with rare consumption disasters incorporated. READ MORE
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4. Investigating proxemics between avatars in virtual reality
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Virtual reality (VR) is being used in a large variety of areas nowadays. To take advantage of VR systems and use them as the substitutions of the physical world in social research, it is necessary to verify that results from experiments in virtual environments are coherent with those expected in the real world. READ MORE
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5. Does it Pay Off to be Environmentally Responsible? : A Study on European Firms
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This paper investigates the link between environmental aspects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financial performance for 160 European companies included in MSCI World from 2003 to 2006. By using the random effects regression model we study different dimensions of environmental risks and opportunities and their effects on corporate operating performance and market value. READ MORE
