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  1. 6. African Climate Hazard Assessment - A composite index assessing national vulnerability to climate change

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

    Författare :Josefine Falk; Otto Fjelkner; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Composite Index; Climate Vulnerability; Assessment; African Nations; Acute Physical Hazards; Chronic Physical Hazards; Systemic Hazards; Exposure; Multidimensional Approach; Sensitivity; Adaptation; Indicators; Technology and Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : The study is compiled into a composite index for assessing the climate vulnerability of African nations. By employing a multidimensional approach, the index comprises nine distinctive hazards to examine a country’s sensitivity to climate change. LÄS MER

  3. 7. A Catering Theory of Investment Policies. Do U.S. firms cater to sentiment?

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Philip Lindquist; Nicolas Nolén; [2023]
    Nyckelord :“Retail Investor Sentiment”; “FEARS Index”; “Corporate Investment Policies”; “Behavioral Corporate Finance”; “VIX”; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose is to investigate retail investors’ growing influence in shaping corporate investment policies. It further seeks to understand whether firms cater to retail investor sentiment. We employ a multiple linear regression model of a strongly-balanced panel data set, incorporating fixed effects and clustered standard errors. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Redefining Development: Different Times Call for Different Measures

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Frida Åhlén; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Happy Planet Index; GDP per capita; sustainable development; degrowth; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the relationship between economic growth and sustainable wellbeing. It evaluates the ability of GDP per capita to capture a how efficiently a country delivers long, happy lives using the limited environmental resources available, as measured by the Happy Planet Index (HPI). LÄS MER

  5. 9. The complications of measuring green growth: Current pitfalls, further developments, and impact on cross-country longitudinal analyses

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Nikoline Egerod Leth; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : There is no consensus on how to define and measure green growth. Consequently, we can neither state if growth is actually green nor econometrically explore important questions such as what determines green growth. This thesis takes a three-step approach to move one step closer to a unifying longitudinal cross-country measure of green growth. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Effectiveness of Support Monitoring and Reminder Technology for Mild Dementia on Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Their Caregivers

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

    Författare :Poe Eindra Thant; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Mobile technology; mobile health; mild cognitive impairment; effectiveness; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Abstract Background: As the population ageing increases, the dramatic rise in cognitive disorders such as mild cognitive impairment and dementia has become a public health priority. Mobile health technology is a unique non-pharmacological intervention for dementia and cognitive disorders. LÄS MER