Essays about: "household investor"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the words household investor.

  1. 6. Evaluation of cost competitiveness and payback period of grid-connected photovoltaic systems in Sri Lanka

    University essay from KTH/Industriell produktion

    Author : Charlotte Fahnehjelm; Viktoria Ämting; [2016]
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    Abstract : During the Paris climate conference in December 2015, 195 countries approved a global agreement on reducing climate change, indicating that immediate action is needed. Current research is focusing on what barriers there are for implementing renewable energy technologies, both from the perspective of households and the society, especially stressing the importance of the financial barriers cost competitiveness and payback period. READ MORE

  3. 7. Dividend Preferences : The Effect of Age and Income in a Swedish Setting

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Elin Brändholm; Adam Gaasvik; [2016]
    Keywords : household finance; dividends; dividend clienteles; age clientele; income clientele; abnormal return;

    Abstract : We examine the existence of dividend clienteles in Sweden using a unique dataset containing yearly information on age, gender, income and portfolio composition of about 200 000 Swedish stockholders. The data covers the years between 2005 and 2010. READ MORE

  4. 8. A multi-scale analysis of biofuel-related land acquisitions in Tanzania : with focus on Sweden as an investor

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Emma Johansson; [2013]
    Keywords : social impacts; environmental impacts; jatropha; sugarcane; Tanzania; Sweden; biofuel; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; Land acquisition; DPSIR; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Spurred on by pressure to find sustainable energy production alternatives to fossil fuels, many industries have been acquiring land in order to plant crops for biofuel production. In Tanzania, biofuel development is in an early stage, and over the last decade, several foreign actors have tried to start up biofuel projects in the country (without success). READ MORE

  5. 9. Land Use Change : Complexities in the initial phase of a Malagasy land deal

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

    Author : Liza Hermansson; [2012]
    Keywords : Madagascar; land deal; land use change; sustainable livelihoods framework; rural development; Rainbow Oil;

    Abstract : Land deals are common in resource-rich countries and have increased during the past years. Contributing factors to the augmentation of land investments in agriculture and forestry are known to be climate change, rising global food prices, rising income levels and changing diets. READ MORE

  6. 10. Mood over money: An analysis of the causal link between mood and trading behaviour of Swedish household investors

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Jonatan Raber; Mårten Strömberg; [2011]
    Keywords : household investor; trading behaviour; decision making; mood; weather deviations;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates whether the mood of Swedish online household investors has a causal influence on their trading behaviour, as predicted by decision theory but not empirically established. We also investigate differences in sensitivity to mood within different demographic dimensions. READ MORE