Essays about: "tobit"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 31 essays containing the word tobit.

  1. 11. Maturity, Speculation and Corporate Hedging: An Empirical Study in Oil and Gas Firms from 2000-2008

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Xinyun Lin; Xitong Cong; [2017]
    Keywords : Maturity; Hedging; Speculation; Hedging determinants; Derivative usage; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this paper, we develop a new but also under-researched measure for firms’ hedging practice: maturity. Comparison between the outputs of two sets of Tobit model using hedge ratio and maturity respectively shows that the costs of financial distress hypothesis and the financing costs hypothesis are partially supported by both hedge ratio and maturity. READ MORE

  3. 12. Maturity, Speculation and Corporate Hedging - An Empirical Study in Oil and Gas Firms from 2000-2008

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Xinyun Lin; Xitong Cong; [2017]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this paper, we develop a new but also under-researched measure for firms’ hedging practice: maturity. Comparison between the outputs of two sets of Tobit model using hedge ratio and maturity respectively shows that the costs of financial distress hypothesis and the financing costs hypothesis are partially supported by both hedge ratio and maturity. READ MORE

  4. 13. The willingness to pay extra for environmental certificated hotels in Stockholm : a survey based master’s thesis about consumers driving characteristics towards hotels’ green work

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Sophie Nyström; [2017]
    Keywords : Willingness To Pay; Cragg’s Tobit; Contingency Valuation; Environment; Hotels; Sweden; Environmental Impacts;

    Abstract : The year 2017 has been designated “the international year of sustainable tourism for development” by the United Nations 70th General Assembly [General Assembly 2016]. Hotels have the potential to decrease the environmental impacts of their guests in their facilities. READ MORE

  5. 14. Expenditure elasticity of demand for Swedish leisure aviation travel

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Angelo Ljungquist Baldesi; [2017]
    Keywords : avitation; demand; elascitity; expenditure; Sweden; Tobit;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to find the expenditure elasticity of demand for leisure travel abroad by aviation for Swedish Households. The study uses household expenditure survey data compiled by Statistics Sweden in 2012. The independent variable ”Flight” has numerous values of zero, as many households spend no money this type of travel. READ MORE

  6. 15. Estimation of cross-border flow in electricity markets using a Markovian-Tobit approach

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektro- och systemteknik (EES)

    Author : Pontus Wallin; [2016]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In an electricity price forecast model the influence from connected external electricity markets affects the supply. In order to predict electricity prices in a supply and demand model one can increase the accuracy by predicting the import or export from the connected markets if the connected market models are not price optimized towards each other. READ MORE