Sökning: "Herd behavior"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden Herd behavior.

  1. 1. Essays on Investor Behavior and Trading Strategies in International Financial Markets

    Författare :Anton Hasselgren; Jarkko Peltomäki; Ai Jun Hou; Charlotte Christiansen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; foreign exchange; speculators; hedge funds; investor behavior; trading strategies; information; market efficiency; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation contains four articles that in different ways inform on investor behavior in international financial markets, their impact on the underlying market, and the trading strategies that they pursue.Article I studies how hedge funds herd in currency future contracts and how it is affecting the underlying market. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Norms in Prosocial Decisions : The Role of Observability, Avoidance, and Conditionality

    Författare :Per A Andersson; Daniel Västfjäll; Gustav Tinghög; Arvid Erlandsson; Gaëlle Vallée-Tourangeau; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Prosocial behavior; Norms; Observability; Information avoidance; Prosocialt beteende; Normer; Observerbarhet; Undvikande av information;

    Sammanfattning : Prosocial behaviors benefit other people and range from donations to charity to behavior limiting the spread of disease, such as masking and vaccination. The overarching purpose of this thesis was to contribute to our understanding of how social norms and conformity affect prosocial behavior. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Essays on the collective action dilemma of vaccination

    Författare :Rafael Ahlskog; Sven Oskarsson; Vernby Kåre; Michael Bang Petersen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; vaccines; collective action; democracy; rationality; altruism; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : Vaccines famously possess positive externalities that make them susceptible to the collective action dilemma: when I get vaccinated, I protect not only myself, but also those who I might otherwise have infected. Thus, some people will have an incentive to free ride on the immunity of others. LÄS MER