Essays about: "merton"

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  1. 1. The State of the Guatemalan Education System through an Analysis of Teachers’ Education Programs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Megan Cristina Rothwell Guerra; [2023]
    Keywords : Guatemala; Education; Middle-range theory; professions; teachers; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Improvement of the Guatemalan national education system is a center for development. Many attempts have been made over the years to improve the system; one, in particular, is the creation of the National System for Teacher Training. READ MORE

  3. 2. Exploring the nexus between law enforcement strategies and the increased feelings of insecurity among citizens in Östra Göinge municipality - The functions and dysfunctions of the law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Agron Selaci; [2023]
    Keywords : Municipality; law; police; practices; functions; dysfunctions; insecurity; migration; integration; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : While the Swedish Police, in the geographical area in which they operate, as well as each municipality in Sweden, are responsible for making their residents feel secure, this thesis examines the causes behind the increased feelings of insecurity among residents in Östra Göinge municipality. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the link between the practices of the local police in Östra Göinge and Östra Göinge municipality, which are governed by legal directives, and the increased feelings of insecurity among residents in Östra Göinge municipality. READ MORE

  4. 3. Simulation Based Methods for Credit Risk Management in Payment Service Provider Portfolios

    University essay from KTH/Matematik (Avd.)

    Author : Knut Dahlström; Carl Forssbeck; [2023]
    Keywords : Credit Risk; Monte Carlo simulation; Importance Sampling; Merton; Kreditrisk; Monte Carlo simulation; Importance Sampling; Merton;

    Abstract : Payment service providers have unique credit portfolios with different characteristics than many other credit providers. It is therefore important to study if common credit risk estimation methods are applicable to their setting. READ MORE

  5. 4. School Absence : - A qualitative study of the teachers' views of schoolabsence

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Albin Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Absenteeism; Absence culture; Covid19; Norms;

    Abstract : Absence from school is a social phenomenon that not only affects the individual's personal quality of life but foremost can be seen as social problems related to the educational system as well as to other social costs (social exclusion, public health, criminality etc). The purpose of this essay is therefore to contribute to a better understanding of school absenteeism among Swedish upper secondary students’ and assess how the current strategies of addressing school absenteeism could be improved, especially facing recent circumstances related to eg. READ MORE

  6. 5. Merton's Portfolio Problem under Jourdain--Sbai Model

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Sajedeh Saadat; [2023]
    Keywords : Merton’s Optimal Investment-Consumption Problem; Dynamic Programming; Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation; Stochastic Volatility Model; Finite-difference method; Crank-Nicolson.;

    Abstract : Portfolio selection has always been a fundamental challenge in the field of finance and captured the attention of researchers in the financial area. Merton's portfolio problem is an optimization problem in finance and aims to maximize an investor's portfolio. READ MORE