The purpose of our paper is to examine the relationship and interactions between oil price movements and stock market indexes in main two oil exporting countries - Russia and Norway from January 1998 to March 2011, and test how and to what extent oil prices together with other variables influence stock markets. Apart from crude oil price, we also include to our model some macroeconomic explanatory

This paper aims at providing a detailed analysis of the leading indicator properties of corporate bond spreads for real economic activity in the euro area. In- and out-of-sample explanatory power of corporate bond spreads on economic growth is examined along four dimensions: the industry sector – i.e. distinction between financial and non-financial corporations, the bonds‟ credit ratings and their

ABSTRACT Author: Emmy Emanuelsson, Erika Jönsson Title: A qualitative study about how professionals reflect on learning-disabled parental capacity Supervisor: Alexandru Panican Assessor: Christina Erneling The purpose with this study was to explore how professionals in social work reflect on learning-disabled parental capacity from a child- and parent perspective. We have investigated two differen

I dagens informationssamhälle är ett av företagens viktigaste konkurrensmedel hur medarbetarna tar till sig, bearbetar och förmedlar information, med andra ord hur de kommunicerar. Kraven har blivit högre på internkommunikationen i moderna organisationer, vilket har fått konsekvenser för människors yrkesroll, vars mjuka värden prioriteras såsom förmågan att kommunicera. Därför är det av intresse aIn the information society, one of the most important competitive weapon for the companies, is how their co-workers process and mediate information, in other words how they communicate. The demands on the internal communication are higher today in modern organizations. This has consequences for people’s professional roles, which nowadays focus on soft qualities for example the skill to communicate

Tutors: Stefan U Klingberg, Director Strategic Planning, Scania CV AB Ulf Paulsson, Ph.D in Engineering, Department of Business Administration Malin Olander Roese, Department of Design Sciences, LTH Issue of study: Services dominate the economy of today why it becomes essential for companies to add value through services. Still many companies fail to do so. The main reason is existing knowledge

Syfte och problemformulering: Syftet med denna uppsats är att genom aktuell rätt och rättspraxis genom åren klargöra var gränsdragningen går mellan äkta och oäkta bostadsföretag och hur denna gränsdragning görs. Problemformulering; Hur avgränsas äkta privatbostadsföretag från oäkta bostadsföretag? Metod: I uppsatsen används klassisk juridisk metod och uppsatsen inleds med en deskriptiv del som reKey words: Genuine real estate company, not genuine real estate company, housing cooperative/society, majority shear, qualified area Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to describe the problem of line drawing between genuine and not genuine real estate companies and how this line drawing has been done in legal usage. Methodology: This study is based on a legal method. It begins with a descript

Den här uppsatsen undersöker vilken effekt mottaget bistånd har på den ekonomiska tillväxten. Detta görs genom en sammanställning över tidigare forskning inom området, samt med hjälp av enklare tester för att undersöka biståndseffektiviteten betingat på olika faktorer. Det visar sig att bistånd är beroende av att det finns en av bistånd oberoende miljö i landet som främjar ekonomisk tillväxt, då b

The last decades have seen increasing empirical support for the argument that institutional quality has a significant impact on economic growth. However, in these cross-national studies China often seems to be an exception. Despite weak institutions, encroachments on property rights and the rule of law, China has achieved growth rates surpassing all other developing economies. This study asks whet

By addressing an absence of implementation studies, this master thesis aims to examine the implementation of the FRESH health policy in schools in Lombok, Indonesia. The method used is a qualitative field study based on empirical material consisting of interviews with representatives from implementing organizations and teachers designated to be “FRESH coordinators” in schools. By utilizing dimensi

My thesis focuses on the relationship between the local and regional level of Swedish public governance. Since decentralisation has been an ongoing trend in the public sector for at least two decades I assess this subject to be of importance for further discussion and analysis. The dissertation is meant to evaluate a few of the original purposes of decentralisation pronounced by the national admin

This thesis deals with an approach in how to structure global governance, proposed by an Australian political scientist John S. Dryzek, called ‘Discursive democracy’. This thesis presents the approach, goes through the different aspects of it and tries to give the reader a sufficient understanding of the approach. The thesis offer an evaluation of the approach through a process where the approach

Many of the Latin American and Central American countries have had diffuculties with the democratic process. One country that particularly stands out in the Central American region is Costa Rica, a nation that achieved democratic consolidation in the 1950’s. In order to analyze why Costa Rica has been characterized by this success, the researcher Larry Diamond’s theory is used almost as an analysi

Sveriges representativa demokrati behöver understödjas av kompletterande deltagarformer, hävdar flera politiker och forskare idag. Demokratiutredningen från år 2000 argumenterar för att den deliberativa demokratin bör fungera som ett sådant komplement. Denna uppsats undersöker, genom två fallstudier, om de av landsting eller region initierade aktiviteterna för medborgardialog har innehållit delibe

In the present-day world, a state is only one of a number of social actors, each of which has its own identity, functions and structure. The successful functioning and even existential survival of the state is dependent on various factors, including its capacity to face the challenges of the processes of globalisation, including new threats which emerge from the development of communication techno

Over 2400 years ago, Plato discussed who is the most suitable to rule the society. The debate is still alive and some mean that experts are gaining stronger power over the democracies. NGO:s can be seen as important democratic actors, carrying the citizens’ voices. This thesis studies and describes experts influence over the creation of two NGO:s’ policies, i.e., working guidelines. Experts are be

Enligt Lennart Lundquist, professor i statsvetenskap, har förvaltningsreformer under de senaste decennierna gjort att tjänstemän blivit mindre benägna att rapportera om oegentligheter. I vår uppsats prövar vi detta påstående som är en del av ekonomismen. Detta gör vi genom att intervjua tjänstemän inom den offentliga förvaltningen för att undersöka huruvida de skulle rapportera oegentligheter elle

The purpose with this essay was to investigate the characteristics of the organizational culture within the Police in a specific department in Skåne, Sweden. I also examined if this organizational culture had any impact on how to perform organizational changes within the Police. The study is based on interviews that I have made with two officers. Theories about organizational culture and organizat

The North Korean policy of nuclear weapons has always constituted a puzzle for political scientists, media analysts and politicians. The inconsistency permeating this policy area makes it particularly hard to grasp. The aim of this case study is to enhance the cumulative knowledge of the North Korean policy of nuclear weapons by applying three theories of international relations: Realism, construc

This thesis is about Swedish integration policy. The thesis suggests that integration policy inexorably leads to the question of who is to be integrated into what and in that way it holds an immanent categorizing practice. The theoretical points of departure in this thesis proposes that Swedish integration policy, through this categorizing practice, has a productive function as it articulates a di