Sökning: "behavior finance"
Visar resultat 26 - 30 av 42 avhandlingar innehållade orden behavior finance.
26. The Law BusinessmanTM : Five Essays on Legal Self-efficacy and Business Risk
Sammanfattning : The thesis challenges the notion of effectiveness of law as being based on the formal institutions of courts, law enforcement and written law. It argues that the best way to measure the effectiveness of law is the legal self-efficacy of laymen who are the end users of law. It presents a new perspective on the effectiveness of law. LÄS MER
27. Seeking Alpha - and finding it : empirical studies of the impact of information acquisition behavior, market beliefs, and risk attitude on fund performance among equity managers in Sweden
Sammanfattning : This dissertation sheds light on the value of active fund management by empirically exploring, describing, and analyzing how fund managers attempt to deliver superior risk-adjusted fund performance (“Alpha”). It provides unique insights into the 140 individuals that actively managed over 38 billion USD (253 billion SEK) in early 2013 in Sweden through a mixture of archival studies, direct observations, in-depth interviews, and a questionnaire. LÄS MER
28. Essays on Field Experiments and Impact Evaluation
Sammanfattning : Paper 1: Improving Welfare Through Climate-Friendly Agriculture: The Case of the System of Rice Intensification We use rich survey data to investigate the economic impact of a climate-friendly rice farming method known as the system of rice intensification (SRI) on the welfare of rain-dependent small-holder farmers in Tanzania. SRI reduces water consumption by half, which makes it a promising farming system in the adaptation to climate change in moisture constrained areas, and it does not require flooding of rice fields, resulting in reduced methane emissions. LÄS MER
29. Sunrise of an Industry : Solar Energy under Financial and Industrial Capitalism in the U.S. and Japan, 1973 - 2005
Sammanfattning : The thesis addresses the question of how to mitigate climate change by studying the emergence of solar photovoltaic energy as an example of a low carbon industry. By outlining the social conditions behind the growth of that industry, I aim to further the understanding of low carbon industrial development in general. LÄS MER
30. The entrepreneurial financing of the immigrant entrepreneurs : An ambidexterity perspective
Sammanfattning : The idea of this dissertation originates from the intriguing conflict in practical, political, and academic discourses surrounding immigrant entrepreneurship. This conflict comprises two simultaneously opposing narratives: one acknowledging the substantial barriers impeding immigrant entrepreneurs’ (IEs’) efforts to access finance, and another lauding their remarkable contributions to the economies of host countries. LÄS MER
