Essays about: "asymmetric size"

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  1. 16. Determinants of Exchange Rate Risks in the Automotive Industry

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Daria Pilat; [2016-10-14]
    Keywords : determinants of foreign currency exposure; currency risk hedging; automotive industry;

    Abstract : The thesis details the analysis of foreign currency exposure determinants based on 21 companies in the automotive industry. The analysis confirms theoretical suggestions that the automotive industry is prone to foreign currency exposure and risks being influenced by competition intensity, functional currency, export ratio, geographic distribution of sales and production networks and operational flexibility. READ MORE

  3. 17. Asymmetric Volatility: Testing Firm-specific Factors as a Cause for the “Leverage Effect” Using GARCH-modeling

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Joos Jacob Maarten De Voogd; Thijs Geschiere; [2015]
    Keywords : Volatility forecasts; leverage effect; GARCH; GJR-GARCH; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the dynamics of the so-called “leverage-effect”. This asymmetry in volatility after negative shocks, relative to positive shocks has been documented extensively before. However, except for findings that it is not due to leverage, the underlying or enhancing factors that cause it have not been investigated. READ MORE

  4. 18. Project Cost Deviations : Determination of Causes and Correlations & Implications for Public Procurement

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan

    Author : Lars Massa; [2015]
    Keywords : Project Cost Deviations; Correlations; Cost Overruns; Implications; Public Procurement;

    Abstract : Looking at newspapers nowadays, you are likely to see reports about public projects which turn out to be more expensive than estimated, sometimes even fourteen times the planned cost budget as in the case of the Sydney Opera. In order to gain a new insight on how this problematic could be improved, this paper aims to find correlations between the causes of deviations in public procurement and in the private market. READ MORE

  5. 19. Algebraic multigrid for a mass-consistent wind model, the Nordic Urban Dispersion model

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Markus Pogulis; [2015]
    Keywords : Mass-consistent model; urban environment; numerical method; algebraic multigrid;

    Abstract : In preparation for, and for decision support during, CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) emergencies it is essential to know how such an event would turn out, so that one can prepare a possible evacuation. Afterwards it might be good to know how to backtrack and see what caused the emergency, and in the case of e.g. READ MORE

  6. 20. Determinants of voluntary disclosure in Swedish corporate annual reports

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Thoresson; Pontus Niléhn; [2014]
    Keywords : Annual report; Voluntary disclosure; Corporate Strategic Information; Internal firm characteristics; Asymmetric information; The principal-agent problem;

    Abstract : This study examines if three hypothesized variables affect the extent of corporate strategic information, i.e. voluntary information, in corporate annual reports, specifically in Sweden in the year of 2012. The variables deemed appropriate to the Swedish environment, i. READ MORE