Sökning: "irrationality"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade ordet irrationality.

1. 1. Easier to walk with the wind in your back : Does irrational public opinion affect the Swedish democracy?

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Statsvetenskap

   Författare :Fredrik Karlsson; [2009]
   Nyckelord :irrationality; rationality; public opinion; leadership;

   Sammanfattning : In The Myth of the Rational Voter, Bryan Caplan concludes that irrational public opinion leads to bad policies, that are overall bad for the country and the citizens. By irrational public opinion, he essentially means that people have opinions that are plain wrong. LÄS MER

3. 2. Finansiella analytikers användning av redovisningsrapporter : En studie av möjliga konsekvenser med ett utökat informationsinnehåll

   Magister-uppsats, Örebro universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Örebro universitet; Örebro universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Örebro universitet

   Författare :Tobias Andersson; Martin Fredell; [2008]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : The accounting of today results in reports that are valued according to one kind of value.There are advocates who recommend that the accounting should be expanded by one orseveral columns, which would enable that other methods of valuation could be used. LÄS MER

4. 3. The accruals anomaly in Sweden

   Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Tobias Gabrielsson; Hedda Giaever; [2007]
   Nyckelord :Anomalier; Accruals; Hedge; Överavkastning; Irrationalitet; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : Sammanfattning Uppsatsens titel: The accruals anomaly in SwedenSeminariedatum: 2007-06-04Kurs: Corporate Finance - Master Thesis BUS860, D-nivå, 10 poängFörfattare: Hedda Giaever, Tobias GabrielssonHandledare: Maria GårdängenFem nyckelord: Accruals, Anomalier, Hedge, Överavkastning, IrrationalitetSyfte: Undersöka om investerare på den svenska marknaden tar hänsyn till att accrualskomponenten av företags vinster säger mindre om framtidig vinst jämfört med kassaflödeskomponenten.Metod: Vi använder pool data för att undersöka de prediktiva värdena hos företagsresultatets olika komponenter. LÄS MER

5. 4. Cognitive Biases in Macroeconomic Forecasts: – A Pooled Post-Mortem Study of OECD Forecasts

   D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Författare :Axel Svedbom; Olivia Fleischmann; [2006]
   Nyckelord :macroeconomics forecasts; cognitive bias;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis has two purposes: 1) To evaluate the forecast quality of the OECD and 2) to analyze whether the OECD forecasts are afflicted by cognitive bias. Cognitive bias refers to a wide range of basic judgmental errors that are common to humans. LÄS MER

7. 5. Black humour, irrationality and immorality in Joseph Heller's novels Catch 22 and Something Happened

   C-uppsats, Luleå tekniska universitet/Språk och kultur

   Författare :Tormod Engström; [2006]
   Nyckelord :Joseph Heller; Catch 22; Something Happened; black humour; irrationality; immorality;

   Sammanfattning : American society has been directly affected and influenced by the effects of the Cold war, changing the way it has percieved nationalism, patriotism, and heroism in the 20 th century. The American people have become mere sceptical about the honour that supposedly comes with sacrifice and selflessness for the sake of the country. LÄS MER