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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade orden Economics Lund University.

  1. 1. Analytical Approximation of Contingent Claims

    Författare :Karl Larsson; Claus Munk; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Option pricing; approximation; stochastic volatility; implied volatility; perturbation; Malliavin calculus; commodities; swaption; swap; HJM model;

    Sammanfattning : This PhD thesis consists of three separate papers. The common theme is methods to calculate analytical approximations for prices of different contingent claims under various model assumptions. The first two papers deals with approximations of standard European options in stochastic volatility models. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Essays in Education Economics

    Författare :Jonas Lundstedt; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; grading; feedback; education outcomes; natural experiment; HBSC; signaling; human capital; student aid; parents;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of three self-contained papers in the economics of education. The first chapter examines the effect of more informative feedback on student performance. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Refugee Immigrants in Sweden: Educational Investments and Labour Market Integration

    Författare :Dan-Olof Rooth; Economics Lund University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  5. 4. Mobility in Science

    Författare :John Källström; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics of science; Mobility; Scientists; Scientific productivity; Migration;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis consists of three independent chapters. The chapters are all empirical studies of scientists and the role that different types of mobility play in shaping researchers' scientific output and careers. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Essays on instruction time, grades and parental investments in education

    Författare :Matthew Collins; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; instruction time; student achievement; PISA; TIMSS; sibling gender; patriliny; matriliny; educational attainment; grading; feedback; educational outcomes; natural experiment; HBSC; grade inflation; signalling; human capital;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers in the economics of education. The first chapter examines the importance of instruction time for student achievement on international assessments. The second chapter identifies the effect of sibling gender on education and how this effect varies according to traditional inheritance customs. LÄS MER