Essays about: "price dispersion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words price dispersion.

  1. 1. Mineral wool : From landfill to a sustaianble polymer composite

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap och fysik (from 2013)

    Author : Noéll Sjöbeck; [2022]
    Keywords : recycling; sustainability; waste management; circular economy; mineral wool; construction and demolition industry; composites; polymers; återvinning; hållbarhet; avfallshantering; cirkulär ekonomi; mineralull; bygg- och rivningsindustri; kompositer; polymerer;

    Abstract : The focus of the project is recycling of the insulation material mineral wool. The aim is to investigate the potential of using post-consumer wool from landfill as fiber reinforcement in a polymer matrix. READ MORE

  3. 2. International Price Comparisons and the Law of One Price : A case study of pricing on a price comparison website

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för information och teknik

    Author : Shahbaz Latif; Mohsin Nawaz; [2022]
    Keywords : Price dispersion; Price comparison; Shoppers; Imperfect competition; Search costs;

    Abstract : The Law of One Price (LOP) is one of the most frequently tested economic laws. In simple terms the LOP states that once price is converted to a common currency, the same goods should sell for the same price in different countries. READ MORE

  4. 3. Illiquidity and Its Threats - A Study of the U.S. Corporate Bond Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Adam Löfquist; Erik Ottosson; [2021]
    Keywords : Liquidity; price dispersion; Hui-Heubel liquidity ratio; ILLIQ; TRACE; U.S. corporate bonds; Over-the-Counter market; regression analysis; return modelling; stressed market conditions.; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : In recent times of market turmoil, liquidity risk has become a big talking point. As certain Swedish fixed income funds, which were advertised as safe investment options, closed for a few trading days in March of 2020 due to the extremely high stress on the market, questions about how illiquidity a↵ects risk and return were asked. READ MORE

  5. 4. Anti-competitive: Things that Gain from Dispersion - An Application of Synthetic Controls in Ex-Post Merger Analysis

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Isak Thelander; Eliel Koivisto Stenström; [2021]
    Keywords : Ex-Post Merger Analysis; Antitrust; Synthetic Control; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis tests how 16 approved mergers which were subjected to an ex-ante investigation by the Swedish Competition Authority (SCA) between 2000-2015 affected consumer prices through a synthetic control methodology. Ex-post assessments of approved mergers' effect on prices are rare due to a lack of adequate controls for non-merger related price fluctuations. READ MORE

  6. 5. Modified lignin as replacement of carbon black in elastomers- For the development of sustainable tyre technology : The substitution of carbon black with modified lignin- Green tyre technology

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Avdelningen för kemiteknik

    Author : Mostafa Ahmed Ismail; [2020]
    Keywords : lignin; tyre rubber; elastomeric materials; esterfication;

    Abstract : Due to its large flexibility, low-price, large availability, and properties lignin is seen as an important compound with a wide range of applications. The increasing demand of fossil-based rubber materials is causing a serious threat to the environment and it is contributing to plastic- and marine pollution, ozone depletion and carbon dioxide emission (CO2) [1,2]. READ MORE