There has been previous research on the subject of preferred stock and its classification as debt or equity. This thesis adds to the discussion by incorporating a comprehensive measure for financial standing. In this thesis, preferred stock returns of 74 companies are regressed on the returns of bond and common equity and a measure of default probability. The result of the study is that the majori

In September of 2017, the Swedish government introduced a proposal for a new Consultation Act that would require the government and other state agencies to consult with the indigenous Sami people on issues of importance to them. The aim of the proposed law is to strengthen and promote the influence of the Sami people over their own affairs. This thesis analyses whether the proposal is in line with

With a starting point in the notion that witnesses are a neglected category of individuals of the criminal justice system, this study critically examines policy discourses within the jurisdictive process regarding witnesses’ legal position. By conducting a discourse analysis with a critical approach, the study analyzes a corpus of textual data comprised by a subset of policy documents on the area

Toeplitz operators acting on Hilbert spaces of analytic functions are among the most well studied examples of concrete operators. In our work we are interested in a cut-off property of such operators; namely, if the operator is small enough, does it have to be zero? Or more in general, must its symbol be of a particular form? There have been several such results, and in the Hardy space the answer

In the suburbs of Milan, Italy, where the tarmac merges with the fields, the district of Chiaravalle and its Cistercian abbey withstand the passing of time. This is the setting, where the cultural association Terzo Paesaggio operates, aiming at the reactivation of the relationship between the local human community and its environment through an interdisciplinary approach based on landscape archite

Vårt långtidsminne har en avgörande roll i våra liv. Det ligger till grund för vår uppfattning av det som har hänt, det som händer just nu och det som kommer hända i framtiden. Två viktiga funktioner av långtidsminnet är förmågan att urskilja liknande intryck från varandra och från tidigare minnen samt förmågan att framgångsrikt associera fram det som har hänt med hjälp av mindre beståndsdelar. De

The purpose of having a high-quality education system is not only to increase the human capital level of the younger population, but also a mechanism to minimize the differences between children’s chances to succeed in life. Children who come from poor backgrounds and have low educated parents will be given a possibility to succeed through a high-quality education system. This thesis will investig

Det blir allt vanligare att verksamheter lanserar chatbottar som en del av sin kundsupport. Möjligheten att erbjuda sina kunder snabb respons dygnet runt är lockande. Men alla användare verkar inte lika positiva, chatbottarna kan ge konstiga svar eller presentera dåliga lösningar. Med hjälp av en kvantitativ undersökning utvärderas användares upplevda acceptans gentemot support bestående av chat

The argument put forward in this paper is that stocks listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, from 1993 to 2016, exhibits return continuation over an intermediate-horizon. The best performing strategy, which selects stocks based on the previous six months’ returns and holds the portfolio for three subsequent months, yields an average monthly return of 2.33%. Moreover, results are robust after risk

Population growth and urbanization increase the housing demand in cities. Densification with limited expansion has environmental and social benefits and is therefore a common development strategy. However, many interests must be balanced in urban planning and spaciousness, and green space especially, is important for sustainable and livable cities. Green Infrastructure (GI) provides Ecosystem Serv

The aim of the study was to highlight the counselor work and how professional counselors are experiencing the role of social workers in healthcare. The study addresses various factors that influence the counselor in their work, including factors such as expectations, work environment, participation and the status of the profession role to name a few. The analysis was based on a qualitative approac

Bakgrund: En central hörnsten i palliativ vård är kommunikation, trots det förekommer det ofta brister i kommunikationen mellan patient och sjuksköterska vilket leder till förvirring och missnöje hos patienter. Syfte: Beskriva vuxna patienters upplevelser av verbal kommunikation i mötet med sjuksköterskan i palliativ vård. Metod: Icke- systematisk litteraturstudie med en integrerad analys. Resulta

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur hotellbranschen arbetar med personalfrågor. Studien skapar en djupare förståelse för hur hotellverksamheter, via den interna verksamheten respektive via externa rekryteringsföretag, arbetar med HR-frågor som berör rekryteringsprocesser och kompetensutveckling. Studien besvaras genom två frågeställningar som lyder enligt följande: Hur arbetar hotellverksam

Lojalitetsplikten är ett begrepp som innefattar en skyldighet för avtalsparter att ta tillvara varandras intressen och att vara lojala mot varandra. Det är ett brett begrepp som tar sig olika uttryck beroende på vilken avtalstyp det rör sig om, vilket gör att en uttömmande beskrivning inte är möjlig. Jori Munukka gav år 2007 ut en omfattande avhandling i ämnet, Kontraktuell lojalitetsplikt. Denna The principle of good faith is a concept which comprises of a duty for the contracting parties to respect each other’s interests and to be loyal to each other. It is a broad concept which changes in character depending on the type of agreement it concerns, and which therefore makes it difficult to give an exhaustive definition of. Jori Munukka, published in 2007 a comprehensive thesis on the subje

The aim of the study was to examine the problem representations embedded in Canadian Forces Joint Doctrine Note 2017-01 Child Soldiers, published by the Government of Canada in March 2017. It is the first ever document to provide armed forces with clear instructions on how to interact with child soldiers. The study took the form of a single instrumental case study carried out through the applicati

Authors: Jessica Bjurberg & Anna Engblom Title: Social Worker – the helping hand A qualitative study how active social workers experience their professional identity. Supervisor: Mikael Sandgren Assesor: Janicke Andersson The purpose of our study was to investigate how active social workers experience their professional identity. The method used for this investigation was semi-structured

It is not your fault – family counsellors work with sexually abused children and youth. Sexual abuse is a global phenomenon, occurring at every level of society. Previous studies show that victims often tell their stories about sexual abuse in a counselling setting. Family counsellors were chosen as respondents due to the fact that they work with different types of treatment and counselling and t

Human trafficking is the third largest illegal source of income, after drugs and weapon. The purpose of this study is to investigate why people fall victims for human trafficking and to study wherein the court of justice discusses the victims social background in their court-­‐‑cases. That is to say, the circumstances that is beyond the borders of Sweden. The essay also highlights how aid organiza