Essays about: "sinful"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word sinful.
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1. Constructing a Social Profitability Index: Socially Responsible Investing in Electric Utilities
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : Building on a theory about the Social Profitability Index (SPI), this paper is the first to construct an SPI in practice ranking investment opportunities based on social and financial returns within the electric utility industry. The social return is the investor-preference weighted social gain from avoiding carbon emissions by changing to renewable production technology in a firm. READ MORE
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2. Multidimensional Effects of anti-LGBTQI Discrimination. : A case study of Dar Es Salaam’s LGBTQI community; Lived realities of queerphobia in Tanzania.
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : ‘The LGBTQ community is not sinful and criminal’ was a quote made by Pope Francis at the time of writing this paper on his sub-Saharan tour in Kinshasa (NPR, 2023), denouncing LGBTQI criminalisation as ‘unjust’. At present, 33 of the 68 countries globally who criminalise homosexuality are African (Varella, 2022). READ MORE
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3. Holy Politics : Understanding how religion is instrumentalized in the proxy conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis aims to contribute to the existing gap in the research of religion in international relations by applying the theory of elite instrumentalism to the proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The analysis was able to demonstrate that the elites of both states have instrumentalized religion by utilizing concepts of Islamic rulership to legitimize their rule and justify their political actions. READ MORE
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4. Would You Rather Laugh with the Sinners than Cry with the Saints?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This thesis provides new evidence on social norms' impact on capital markets through the lens of the Swedish stock market and sheds new light on ownership structure, analyst coverage, valuation and financing decisions of vice companies - companies involved in sinful industries, including gambling, tobacco and alcohol - as well as its implication for stock returns. We show that sin stocks are neglected by institutions and have lower sell-side analyst coverage, thus sin stocks indicatively face less liquid equity markets than comparable stocks. READ MORE
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5. How Investor Characteristics Shape Sin-Stock Performance in Europe
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : Whereas the majority of other studies on sin stocks have focused on if there is a sin-stock alpha on a specific geographical market, this paper investigates how and why the sin-stock alpha differs between countries. Specifically, it investigates whether investor characteristics such as welfare, consumption patterns, and religion affect the performance of alcohol, tobacco, and gambling stocks on the European market. READ MORE
