Essays about: "horizon of expectation"
Found 5 essays containing the words horizon of expectation.
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1. Accounting for the Measurement Bias: A Study of Market Efficiency in the United States and the Relevance of Extensive Fundamental Analysis in Equity Valuation
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This thesis investigates abnormal returns over the period 1983-2021 from an investment strategy that is based on public accounting information. Investment positions are taken in US manufacturing firms and are held for 36 months using a self-financing (hedged) portfolio. READ MORE
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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 HandelshögskolanAbstract : 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
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3. The Reception of Mo Yan in the British and North American Literary Centers
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : This thesis investigates the two major conflicting modes of interpretation applied to Mo Yan’s literary texts diachronically and synchronically in order to reveal both the aesthetic imperative and the liberating force of the British and North American literary centers in receiving literature from the periphery. After an introduction to the centers’ disparate responses to the paradigmatic shift of the local Chinese literary trend in the 1980s, the thesis continues with a theoretical discussion on reader-response theory and the uneven power relations between the literary center and the periphery. READ MORE
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4. Variance Risk Premiums on the OMXS30 and S&P 500
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : In this thesis we analyze and quantify the variance risk premium, defined as the average difference between realized variance and its risk-neutral expectation. The risk-neutral expectation is obtained by using the notion of a variance swap, a contract that pays the difference between realized variance and a predetermined variance swap rate. READ MORE
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5. The Concept of'European Citizenship': National Experiences and Post-National Expectations?
University essay from Ekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to interpret and understand the concept of citizenship in general, and the European citizenship in particular, placed within a broad theoretical framework. Furthermore, the purpose is to examine whether the development of a European citizenship indicates an emergence of a new ‘post-national’ model of citizenship, based on residence rather than nationality or place of birth. READ MORE
