Essays about: "economist"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 39 essays containing the word economist.

  1. 21. Sensitivity analysis indicators of economic effectiveness : of investments co-financed by the IPARD Program 2007-2013 in Republic of Macedonia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Vladimir Hristov; [2012]
    Keywords : business plan; net present value; internal rate of return; payback method; sensitivity analysis; financial statements; financial analysis; finacial ratios;

    Abstract : To the economist an investment is a set of activities in investment capital for the production of economic benefits. As it usually comes to investing large amounts of cash with uncertain results, investment decisions are always risky business decisions. READ MORE

  3. 22. Economic Crisis and Relationships : How Economic Crisis Affect Family Firm’s Contractual Relationship and What is the Driving Logic for the Change?

    University essay from IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Mehrnoosh Ghorbani; Yiping Cai; [2012]
    Keywords : Family Firms; Contractual Relationship; Economic Crisis; Socio-emotional Wealth; Transaction Cost Economics;

    Abstract : Leading up to the time just before the economic and global meltdown of 2008, economist and theorist forecasted as early as 2005 about and impending financial crisis that would affect every sector of the business and financial community. As we discover in more dramatic detail that family firms are occupying a big percentage in small to medium size enterprises, we wondered how they would be affected by such a high degree of uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets during the economic crisis. READ MORE

  4. 23. Twitter  Emotional  Profile  Improves  The   Stock  Market  Values  Forecast (Do  emotions  derived  from  Twitter  have  prediction  power  on   the  stock  mark

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Elena Zadnepranets; [2012]
    Keywords : Twitter; Emotions; Stock Market; Forecast;

    Abstract : The   vast   expansion   of   online   social   platforms   and   increasing   openness   of   their   users   created  a  great  opportunity  for  researchers  to  obtain  more  detailed  information  about  such   complicated   phenomena   as   public   opinions   and   emotions.   And   since   it   was   proven   by   behavioral   economist   long   time   ago   that   emotions   take   part   in   decision-­-making   process,   the   researchers   have   initiated   a   new   series   of   exciting   studies   that   can   be   combined   under   the   title   "emotions   derived   from   online   social   platforms   predict   the   future"   The   author   of   this   thesis   joins   this   large   group   of   researchers   by   investigating   whether   7   emotions,   namely   Surprise,   Happiness,   Comfort,   Calm,   Frustration,   Anger,   and   Sadness   expressed   by   Twitter   users   from   Singapore   can   influence   SIMSCI   closing   values   index   over   the   time. READ MORE

  5. 24. Electoral Success in Swedish Municipal Councils: The Role of Occupation and Politicians’ Characteristics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Liton Chakraborty; [2012]
    Keywords : Election to Municipal Councils; Occupation Effects; Personal Vote Share; Personvald;

    Abstract : This paper examines to what extent political candidates’ characteristics listed on the ballot affect election outcomes in municipal councils in Sweden. We exploit data on candidates’ name, age, sex, occupation, party affiliation, and candidates’ position listed on the ballots for 3757 elected candidates of 59 municipalities. READ MORE

  6. 25. Cultural Aspects and Terminology : A Translation Study of three Political Articles

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Cecilia Johansson; [2011]
    Keywords : cultural aspects; political correctness; political terminology; politics; proper nouns; theoretical procedures; translation strategies;

    Abstract : This study focuses on the translation from English to Swedish of three political articles published in The Economist. The aim was to analyze problems that can occur, and strategies that can be used when translating cultural aspects in the form of proper nouns and political correctness as well as political terminology. READ MORE