Essays about: "propensity score."

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1. 11. Automation and design in observational causal inference

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

   Author : Mattias Tajik; [2022]
   Keywords : Causal Inference; Genetic Matching; Entropy Balancing; Propensity Score;

   Abstract : The use of automated procedures has recently become popular in the causal inference literature. Naive implementations of automatic procedures stand in contrast to the perspective advocated in Imbens and Rubin's Causal Inference. Imbens and Rubin suggest that researchers should make modelling decisions informed by subjective knowledge. READ MORE

3. 12. Influences of genetically predicted and attained education on geographical mobility and their association with mortality : A cohort study investigating the influence of genetic predisposition to higher education as well as attained education on geographic mobility and differences in mortality risk in Swedish twins born 1926-1955

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

   Author : Elsa Ojalehto; [2022]
   Keywords : Polygenic score; Attained education; Geographic mobility; Mortality; Socioeconomic status;

   Abstract : Introduction Research show that both educational attainment and genetic propensity to education (PGSEdu) can be associated with geographic mobility and that individuals living in more deprived areas tend to have poorer health while those living in more advantaged places tend to have better health. In this thesis, the aim was to study how polygenic scores for education and attained education influence and differ by geographic mobility, and how they influence the association between geographic mobility and mortality. READ MORE

4. 13. PEPP Talk: The Impact of the ECB's Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme on the Corporate Bond Market

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Lorenzo Gianni Günther; Emma Lundblad; [2022]
   Keywords : Quantitative Easing; The European Central Bank; The Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme; Corporate Bonds; Covid-19; Credit Spread; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Purpose: This thesis aims to evaluate whether the ECB’s Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) cushioned the Covid-19 crisis’ impact on the Euro area’s corporate bond market and relieved borrowing conditions. Methodology: The methodology is based upon unbalanced panel data and difference-in-differences regressions with firm-clustered standard errors. READ MORE

5. 14. Payout Policy and Agency Concerns: A Study on Differences in Payout Ratios and Payout Mix between Dual and Single-Class Firms

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : John Sköld; Fredrik Santesson Ståhl; [2022]
   Keywords : Payout-policies; Dual-class; Single-class; Agency theory; Corporate Governance; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate if there is any difference in payout policies between firms that adopt a dual-class share structure compared to a single-class share structure. Methodology: We are using an unbalanced panel data set of firms that are listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (SSE). READ MORE

6. 15. Liquidity Providing: Study on liquidity providing in the Nordic stock markets

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Julius Bengt Leif Karlsson; Carl Victor Malmström; [2022]
   Keywords : Liquidity Providing; Nordic Stock Exchange; Financial Service; Market Maker; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Risk and return go hand in hand, and one way for a firm to mitigate existing and potential investors' risk in a stock is to employ a financial service; liquidity providing. The value of liquidity provision has become relevant as market uncertainties and shocks in the market create disturbances. READ MORE