Essays about: "sovereign power"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 45 essays containing the words sovereign power.

1. 21. Factor Investing and Macroeconomic Risk

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Pascal Buehrig; [2018]
   Keywords : Factor Investing; Macroeconomic Risk; APT; CAPM; Fama French;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the influence of macroeconomic risk on simple investment strategies related to the well-known risk factors size, value and momentum. Based on a sample of 25,224 stocks from ten different countries, quarterly returns between 1999 and 2016 have been analyzed with fixed-effect regression models. READ MORE

3. 22. Aggressive Measures for Aggressive Schemes: Human Rights Perspectives

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Danilo Penetrante Ventajar; [2018]
   Keywords : Taxation; Human Rights; BEPS; BEPS Action Plan 12; Mandatory Disclosure Rules; Aggressive Tax Planning; Abusive Tax Planning; Tax Avoidance; Fairness; ECHR; EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; Directive on Administrative Cooperation; DAC; DAC6; right to property; right to privacy; right to fair trial; LPP; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The focus of this thesis is the EU Directive on mandatory disclosure rules on intermediaries that make available potentially aggressive cross-border tax arrangements. Its avowed purpose is to arrest base erosion and to address fairness in taxation. READ MORE

4. 23. Swedish Integration Policy - What’s the problem represented to be?

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Naghmana Kausar; [2018]
   Keywords : Integration policy; WPR; Governmentality; Power; Immigrants;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyze a Swedish Integration Policy Bill (2009/10:60) for refugees and humanitarian immigrants. The aim of the thesis is to investigate how integration process in Sweden is governed through ‘problem’ representations it holds. READ MORE

5. 24. National Security Concerns And The Kurdistan Region In A New Middle East: From Rebellion To Statehood : The Influences Of Power, Threat Enviornment And Opportunity Structures On The Choice Of Becoming An Independent State

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan/Institutionen för säkerhet, strategi och ledarskap (ISSL)

   Author : Mohammed Gailan; [2017]
   Keywords : National Security; Power; Threat environment; Strategy; Military; Kurdistan; Independence; Statehood; Opportunity; Cooperation; Resources; Middle East; Terrorism; Iraq;

   Abstract : Under which conditions do some nations and de facto state actors with relative power assert their statehood and independence? What factors should we focus on when we assess such cases? How much can we relate a nation’s choice and path to statehood and independence to its national security concerns? The aim of this case study has been to answer the questions asked above and explain why nations during some periods do not choose to declare independence and form their own state and during other periods they aim to do so. The case of the Kurdistan region of Iraq has been selected and studied both due the drastic regional changes in the Middle East since Saddam Hussein’s fall and the rise Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. READ MORE

6. 25. Solving the Swedish Muni Puzzle - Piece By Piece

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Oscar Küntzel; John-Edward Olingsberg; [2017]
   Keywords : The Muni Puzzle; Bond Yields; Liquidity; Bid-Ask Spreads;

   Abstract : This paper examines whether liquidity premiums can explain the Swedish muni puzzle. The Swedish institutional climate presents a unique setting where default risk and taxes are equivalent in the context of municipal and treasury bonds. READ MORE