Essays about: "idiosyncratic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 95 essays containing the word idiosyncratic.

  1. 1. Exploring the Idiosyncratic Volatility Anomaly in the Swedish Stock Market: An Empirical Analysis of its Impact on Returns

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Anton Ahlqvist; Walter Uong; [2023-06-29]
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    Abstract : We examine the cross-sectional relationship between idiosyncratic volatility relative to the Fama-French three factor model and expected stock returns. We find that portfolios containing the firms with the lowest idiosyncratic risk offers excess returns in relation to the prediction of the Fama-French three factor model, while those with the highest idiosyncratic risk do not. READ MORE

  3. 2. Losing personality : Exploring with a focus on formal speech how the register of Nakata Satoru in Murakami Haruki’s Umibe no Kafuka is affected when translated into English and Swedish

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Anna-Klara Josefsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Japanese; Murakami Haruki; Kafka on the Shore; formality; translation; Nakata Satoru; Equivalence;

    Abstract : When reading a translated book or a dubbed movie, one might come to wonder if the translation conveys the characters’ personality traits identically to that of the original, and while ‘identical’ may not be achievable, ‘equivalent’ rather may be within the scope of a translator’s capability. Translation between languages as vastly different as Swedish and Japanese, or English and Japanese are bound to face greater difficulties than for example Swedish and English. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Successful Career as a Player Provides a Faster Path to High Level Coaching : A Qualitative Study

    University essay from Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH/Institutionen för fysiologi, nutrition och biomekanik

    Author : Per Gunnarsson; Ella Paldán; [2023]
    Keywords : Idiosyncratic pathway; Player to coach; Coaching styles; tränarlänkdiverse;

    Abstract : Aim  In the study, we problematize, among other things, the leadership qualities of players and why the majority of coaches in Swedish elite handball are former players.  Within the Swedish handball elite, over 60% of all head coaches have a previous successful playing career. According to a study by Werthner et al. READ MORE

  5. 4. "But Maybe They Should Feel Lost": Magical Literariness in the Computer Game Kentucky Route Zero

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Anna Ishchenko; [2023]
    Keywords : intermediality; video games; magical realism; literariness;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the poetical interplays of the contemporary magical realist computer game Kentucky Route Zero. Through the notion of literariness coined by the Russian formalists, the work centers on the ways the game operates with the established conventions of magical realism. READ MORE

  6. 5. Introduction of the Swedish Investment Saving Account and Individual Stock Investment Behavior

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Yao Fu; [2023]
    Keywords : capital income taxation; ISK; stock investment; idiosyncratic risk; systematic risk;

    Abstract : The Swedish government introduced a new saving platform named as the Swedish Investment Saving Account (ISK) in January 2012 in order to simplify the taxation on the capital income of security investment. Compared to the conventional accounts (CA), ISK is taxed at a flat-rate based on the balance in the account, and there is no other taxation related to security sales and dividend distribution. READ MORE