Essays about: "risk-aversion"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 117 essays containing the word risk-aversion.

  1. 26. The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Swedish Financial Market

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Wilma Berndtsson Svirins; Hanna Ledin; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID-19; applied mathematics; industrial engineering and management; regression analysis; financial market; OMXS30; COVID-19; tillämpad matematik; industriell ekonomi; regressionsanalys; finansmarknaden; OMXS30;

    Abstract : The initial coronavirus disease caught the world by surprise at the end of 2019, as it was soon declared a pandemic. It led to an unexpected global crisis and profound disruption in societies and Sweden was no exception. READ MORE

  3. 27. State-Owned Enterprise in Sweden Year 2080: Four Governance Prototypes : Creating Transformative Space with Transdisciplinary Climate Fiction Prototyping

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling

    Author : Fredrika Yngwe; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Futures; Governance; Climate Fiction; State-Owned Enterprise; Transformation;

    Abstract : This study explores the potential of transdisciplinary climate fiction prototyping to create a transformative space within state-owned enterprise governance. The approach includes a thematic analysis of governance documents within the portfolio, scenario development, narrative design, participatory sessions with the department of state-owned enterprise, related ministries, and company representatives. READ MORE

  4. 28. Gender Gap in Cycling: Investigating the Role of the Gendered Meanings Attached to Cycling in Lyon, France

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Léa Gaudron-Arlon; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Urban Cycling; Gender Gap; Feminist Research; Qualitative Research; France;

    Abstract : Women tend to be underrepresented among cyclists in many Western cities. The literature on gender and cycling identifies two main reasons to explain the gender gap: differences in risk aversion, and unequally shared domestic responsibilities. READ MORE

  5. 29. Effects of Endogenous Risks in Contract Design : A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of the Optimal Contract Design in the Swedish Construction Industry

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Julio Cesar De Barros Cruz; [2021]
    Keywords : Procurement contracts; Contract theory; Contract design; Principal agent; Asymmetric information; Optimal contract; Endogenous risk; Risk aversion; Incentive; Upphandlingskontrakt; Kontraktsteori; Kontraktsdesign; Principal agent; Asymmetrisk information; Optimalt kontrakt; Endogen risk; Riskaversion; Incitament;

    Abstract : The architecture, engineering and construction industry faces challenges when dealing withprocurement contract design and risk-handling. The optimal contracting practices have beenworldwide studied in areas of contract theory which studies how the optimal incentivemechanism (“contracts”) can be designed to encourage the parties to behave more efficiently. READ MORE

  6. 30. The Happy household investor: the impact of happiness on stock market participation and portfolio risky shares

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Ellinor Lindstén; [2021]
    Keywords : Stock market participation; Risky share; Happiness; DNB Household Survey;

    Abstract : The research on happiness and its impacts on risk-taking in the form of stock market participation has attracted interest in recent years. Yet, what the actual impact is remains unclear. READ MORE