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1. Understanding Access to Clean Cooking Fuels in Kenya
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : Adoption of clean cooking fuels is conditioned by factors known as barriers and enablers, which characterize the decision-making environment of a household. Access to clean cooking is a target part of the Sustainable Development Goals, yet it currently stands at 19.5% in Kenya. READ MORE
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2. Corporate Social Responsibility and Earnings Management : Two sides of the relationship
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Sustainability is becoming a more important topic, not just in terms of the environment but also through social and governmental aspects. There are different views on what responsibility firms should take and what their incentives might be. READ MORE
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3. Graph Bandits : Multi-Armed Bandits with Locality Constraints
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Multi-armed bandits (MABs) have been studied extensively in the literature and have applications in a wealth of domains, including recommendation systems, dynamic pricing, and investment management. On the one hand, the current MAB literature largely seems to focus on the setting where each arm is available to play at each time step, and ignores how agents move between the arms. READ MORE
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4. Fixed Income Securities as a Hedge against Equity Market Downside
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Investors are constantly searching for ways to protect their wealth, ideally without losing out on long-term returns. To achieve this, some investors choose to diversify their equity portfolios with fixed income assets, believing they can protect their portfolios from drawdowns. READ MORE
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5. ESG Scores in IPOs: The impact of Board Composition and Ownership Concentration
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The prevalence of the sustainability agenda and the need for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues to be addressed by firms are increasingly characterizing today’s business environment. Creating shareholder wealth while also satisfying the wider base of stakeholders, a strategic management approach that ultimately is affected by the firm’s governance through the composition of the board and the ownership concentration of a firms’ shareholders. READ MORE