Essays about: "world financial crises"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 30 essays containing the words world financial crises.

  1. 21. Non-Audit Services - Just Unjust? : Practitioners and Regulators opinion divergence on audit quality

    University essay from Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Johan Olsson; Christian Ottoson; [2013]
    Keywords : Audit Quality; Audit Regulations; Non-audit services;

    Abstract : Background: Over the years the EU, the US and the rest of the world have experienced several devastating financial crises. As a result of the Great Recession and several accounting scandals the EU-commission added new proposals of regulations. READ MORE

  3. 22. Large Scale Foreign Land Acquisitions: Neoliberal Opportunities or Neocolonial Challenges?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Readeat Adbib; [2012-06-20]
    Keywords : Large-scale Foreign Land Acquisitions; Neoliberalism; Neocolonialism; Win win benefits; Food Security; Land; China; Ethiopia; Tanzania; Uganda;

    Abstract : Over the last decade, a dramatic rise in commercial agricultural investment has taken place the world over at a rate much higher than previous times. Some of the causes that spurred this whole business happen to be mainly the food security concerns of food poor countries as in the case of the Gulf states, a shift of focus by western based investment banks, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds towards less volatile assets such as land in the aftermath of the 2007/08 global financial crises, drought induced food export restrictions by major food exporting countries such as India and Russia, only to mention some of them. READ MORE

  4. 23. Share price response to earnings announcements in the steel industry

    University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Artem Martynyuk; [2012]
    Keywords : Stock price; earnings announcements; event study; steel industry;

    Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to study share price response to quarterly earnings per share (EPS) announcements in the world steel industry for the last five years (from 2007 to 2011), using the event study methodology. Moreover, the paper attempts to test share price reactions to earnings releases for yearly aggregation (pre-crisis, crisis and post-crisis periods) and countries aggregation (developed and developing countries) of sample steel companies. READ MORE

  5. 24. Attracting Foreign Real Estate Investors to the Brazilian Hotel Market

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Alexis Mignonac; [2012]
    Keywords : Real Estate; Hotel; Joint Ventures; Port-Folio;

    Abstract : The last financial and economic crises have revealed the fragility for developed countries, especially European countries, to resist to a major upheaval. This event has affected for a long time their capacity to spur their economy and their attractiveness. READ MORE

  6. 25. Characteristics of the 2009/2010 financial crisis in Greece and the probability of a bank run

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anders Lundström; Joakim Tiberg; [2010-06-22]
    Keywords : Greece s financial crisis; financial crises; currency crises; banking crises; the Kaminsky-Reinhart model; bank runs; moral hazard; the Euro; the eurozone; the European Union; indebtedness; austerity plan; government bailout.;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates in what ways, if any, the 2009/2010 financial crisis in Greece is unique and how likely a bank run is to occur in the country. To investigate the first matter, a qualitative approach is used to determine the characteristics of Greece’s financial crisis. READ MORE