Essays about: "country risk OIL"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words country risk OIL.

  1. 1. TRANSPARENCY AND THE RESOURCE CURSE IN GHANA: A CASE STUDY Changes since oil discovery

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Amanda Alagic; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Resources curse; Ghana; Transparency; Oil; Corruption;

    Abstract : When a country has high levels of natural resources, they risk falling prey to the resource curse. Studies show a correlation between high levels of natural resources and corruption as well as lower quality institutions and less democracy. Transparency is a key precondition for accountability and mitigating corruption. READ MORE

  3. 2. Examining the protective services of mangroves at a regional scale in Indonesia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Mikaela Gomez; [2022]
    Keywords : Mangroves; Nature-Based Solutions; Disaster Risk Reduction; Exposure; GIS; Remote Sensing; Science General;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the exposure of the coastal population of Kalimantan, Indonesia changed as a result of coastal mangrove loss and population growth. The change of exposure has therefore been calculated through the loss of mangrove biomass, through deforestation and degradation, over time, as well the increase in population living within 10km2 of disturbed mangroves. READ MORE

  4. 3. How do ESG assets relate to the financial market? : A Diebold-Yilmaz spillover approach to sustainable finance

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

    Author : Shobair Moosawi; Ludvig Segerhammar; [2022]
    Keywords : AR 1 -GARCH p; q ; Commodity; ESG; Equity; Return; Spillover; Sustainability; Sustainable finance; Volatility;

    Abstract : The purpose of this master’s thesis is to investigate to what extent ESG assets and traditional benchmarks affect one another. Since sustainable investment is a growing segment of the financial market, investors need to be informed about how it may affect their portfolios, and by extension if it can be used for portfolio diversification. READ MORE

  5. 4. The phase-out of crop-based biofuels in EU by 2030 : analyzing the effects on the palm oil market and

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Sanae Sone Dy; [2019]
    Keywords : biofuel; palm oil; international trade; partial equilibrium; RED; REDII; ILUC; CO2 emisssions; carbon dioxide; biobränsle; palmolja; internationell handel; partiell jämviktsmodell; CO2 utsläpp; koldioxid;

    Abstract : When EU introduced the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) in 2009, one of the goals where that by 2020 every EU country should have 10% of their transportation running on biofuels. This made the market for biofuel rise and therefore also the exports of palm oil to the EU. READ MORE

  6. 5. Factor Investing and Macroeconomic Risk

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Pascal Buehrig; [2018]
    Keywords : Factor Investing; Macroeconomic Risk; APT; CAPM; Fama French;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the influence of macroeconomic risk on simple investment strategies related to the well-known risk factors size, value and momentum. Based on a sample of 25,224 stocks from ten different countries, quarterly returns between 1999 and 2016 have been analyzed with fixed-effect regression models. READ MORE