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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 495 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Ratings.
1. Essays on Credit Ratings
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained articles, all of which contribute to the empirical research on credit ratings. Broadly speaking, the first two papers highlight two less ordinary “uses” of credit ratings, in the context of (1) measuring financial constraints and (2) bond market segmentation. LÄS MER
2. Dream affect : Conceptual and Methodological Issues in the Study of Emotions and Moods Experienced in Dreams
Sammanfattning : We experience affect—emotions and mood—not only when we are awake but alsoduring dreaming. Despite considerable research, existing theories and empiricalfindings disagree about the frequency, nature, and correlates of dream affect. In thisthesis, I discuss the conceptual and methodological issues that underlie thesediscrepancies. LÄS MER
3. The effects of valenced odors on facial perception
Sammanfattning : We use our senses to navigate in the world. An important property of olfaction, the sense of smell, is to enable us to approach beneficial things, and to avoid what might be toxic or otherwise harmful in our environment. Other peoples’ behaviors are also paramount for our survival. LÄS MER
4. Essays on Asset Management : Analyst Ratings, Reports, and Return Expectations
Sammanfattning : “Mutual Fund Analysts as Information Intermediaries” studies mutual fund analyst reports in the context of active fund management models and how the reports’ informational content relates to fund flows and performance using dictionary-based and machine-learning approaches. “Are Subjective Expectations Formed as in Rational Expectations Models of Active Management?” examines forward-looking performance expectations of mutual fund analysts for global active equity funds. LÄS MER
5. Participation in and outside school : Self-ratings by Swedish adolescents with and without impairments and long-term health conditions
Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns the short-term state of and changes in self-rated participation in domestic life, peer relations and, to some extent, school. Participants were adolescents with and without self-reported impairments and long-term health conditions. LÄS MER
