This study analyses the interest rate setting policy of the Swedish central bank, the Riksbank. In particular, the paper addresses whether or not the Riksbank reacts to deviations in asset prices from trend levels when setting interest rates. To investigate these issues a modified version of the Taylor rule is used, and is adjusted to reflect an appropriate inflation targeting horizon and augmente

In the Netherlands it is very common to separate household waste inside the home. In several Dutch municipalities a financial incentive system has been implemented that is intended to motivate residents to manage and separate household waste more efficiently. The system has shown to give good results when evaluated in terms of the amount of collected household waste. However, no research exists on

Annelie Evers Anpassning till ökad nederbörd i framtiden: kommunens och byggbranschens roll Klimatförändringen kommer att leda till förändringar av nederbördsmönster på jorden. I Sverige förväntas nederbörden öka i större delen av landet under höst, vinter och vår. Fokus för arbetet med att motverka klimatförändringar i Sverige har främst varit inriktat på att minska utsläpp från växthusgaser meClimate change is going to affect the Earth’s precipitation patterns leading to increased flood risk in Sweden. The main purpose of this study is to examine how municipalities and the building industry work with adaptation for increased precipitation in response to climate change. NCC, a construction and property developing company in Europe represents the building industry in this study. The meth

Emelie Widerberg Hantering, sårbarheter & anpassning till ett föränderligt klimat i Lunds kommun Klimatförändringarna är ett faktum och det är inte längre bara en fråga om att minska utsläppen av växthusgaserna i atmosfären. Det finns nu ett behov att anpassa samhället till de klimatförändringar som inte är möjliga att undgå. Konsekvenserna av klimatförändringarna kommer till största del mCities over time have become more prone to climate related risks and there is a consensus regarding a need to adapt to climate change. The vulnerabilities to weather events are different in every city and depend on preconditions i.e. exposure and management of risks. The purpose of this study is to evaluate Lund municipality weather related vulnerabilities. This is done by looking at the managemen

Six-legged robots, also referred to as hexapods, can have very complex locomotion patterns and provide the means of moving on terrain where wheeled robots might fail. This thesis demonstrates the approach of using Model-Based Design to create control of such a hexapod. The project comprises the whole range from choosing of hardware, creating CAD models, development in MATLAB/Simulink and code gene

Denna uppsats handlar om hur hållbarhetsredovisning regleras och samspelet mellan de olika instrumenten; lagstiftning, normer, branschstandarder och riktlinjer. Det är en tvärvetenskaplig uppsats, som genom en socio-legal studie ämnar sätta lagstiftningen i relation till den verklighet och miljö den reglerar. Hållbarhetsredovisning har blivit allt vanligare hos näringslivet idag. Det är ett sätt fThis essay is about how Sustainability Reporting is regulated and the interplay between the different regulating instruments; legislation, norms, standards and guidelines. It is an interdisciplinary essay which intends to put legislation in relation to the reality and the environment in which it regulates. Therefore the essay stems from a socio-legal method. Sustainability Reporting among companie

Business intelligence and analytics (BI&A) have become part of almost every com- pany/organisation nowadays, as the benefits of a successful adoption are many. However, the failure scenarios are many as well, with companies/organisations facing dissatisfied employ- ees who do not use the BI&A tools because they find them difficult to use -despite the train- ings-, and others who start usin

Bakgrund: Användning av olika handelskanaler vid köp av ett klädesplagg har ökat de senaste åren. Företag anpassar sig mer efter konsumenters växande behov av tillgänglighet och flexibilitet. Köpprocessen, från behovsupptäckt till köpbeslut, utförs bland annat i fysisk butik, online på bärbara och stationära datorer eller via mobila enheter. Konsumenter har numera blivit vana att oberoende av kontBackground: The use of different purchasing channels when looking for a piece of clothing has increased in recent years. Companies adapt to a greater extent to consumers’ growing need for accessibility and flexibility. The purchase process, from discovering needs to the decision of purchase, could be performed through physical store, online on a laptop and desktop computer, or through a mobile dev

Denna uppsats undersöker ifall marknadsföringsmetoden Pay What You Want (PWYW) har en starkare positiv påverkan på en konsuments attityd gentemot en produkt i förhållande till gratisprover (FREE). Detta undersöktes på studenter i Lunds Universitet med ett implicit test, SC-IAT. Medan FREE ger bort produkten utan extra kostnad tillåter PWYW konsumenten friheten att köpa en produkt till vilket pris This thesis examines whether the marketing procedure Pay What You Want (PWYW) has a stronger positive influence on a consumer’s attitude towards a product in relation to free product trials (FREE). This was studied on students of Lund University with the tool SC-IAT. While FREE gives the product away without further ado, PWYW allows the consumer the freedom to buy a product at any amount of their

Using language as an instrument to achieve our visions has been the norm since the first guttural utterances of our ancestors. Our refined communication abilities of today have led mankind to achieve amazing progress, not the least of which is our ability to discuss about and plan for a sustained future. With the help of language, actors promote their often conflicting opinions about what the futu

There has been a lot of research on why some people become criminals and what might be behind this development. The reasons are many and often complex, but the common among in research seems to be that the bases for the development of criminal behavior in adulthood are laid early in life during the person's upbringing. My aim with this study has been to examine how the former criminals’ talk a

The aim of this study was to examine how adolescents perceive to social positions in school. The study was based on focus groups, we organised three different focus groups. One with four girls, one with five boys and one with two boys and two girls. We brought subjects to the groups that they freely discussed. The themes that we later on identified was popularity, social status, gender differences

I examensarbetet gjordes fyra variationer av en modell med målet att simulera torkningen av bark. Alla fyra variationerna jämfördes med experimentella data från en pilotanläggning och värme- och massöverföringskoefficienten kalibrerades mot experimentella data. De fyra modellvariationerna är: • Adiabatisk mättningsmodell • Värme och massöverföringskoefficientsmodell • Isotermmodell • FraktionsmodeDuring this master thesis four variation of a model were created with the goal to simulate the drying process of bark. All four variations were compared with experimental data from a pilot plant and heat and mass transfer coefficient were calibrated against the experimental data. The four model variations are: • Adiabatic saturation model • Heat and mass transfer coefficient model • Isotherm model

Studien syftar till att, med hjälp av Bourdieus teorier om fält, kapital och habitus, tolka fyra individers upplevelser av vad det innebär att vara restauranch samt reda ut vad drivkrafterna är bakom att söka sig till restaurangbranschen och specifikt bartenderyrket. Vidare syftar studien till att få en ökad förståelse för restauranch med hjälp av Thorntons teorier om subkulturer. För att uppnå sy

År 1991 genomfördes ändringar i fastighetsbildningslagen som gjorde det möjligt att bilda stora bostadsfastigheter med mark för mindre djurhållning och växtodling, vilket tidigare inte ansågs lämpligt. År 1994 genomfördes ytterligare ändringar i FBL som innebar att det företagsekonomiska kravet på jordbruksfastigheter sänktes, vilket gjorde att man kunde bilda mindre jordbruksfastigheter för deltiIn 1991 there was an amendment in the Swedish Real Property Formation Act, which made it possible to form large residential property units with agriculture land for small livestock and crop production. In 1994 another amendment made it possible to form smaller agriculture property units than previously. In connection with this, demarcation problems occurred. The purpose of this master thesis is to

Thesis Purpose: With the increasing popularity of social networks like YouTube, and the increasing accessibility of consumers to devices able to make and edit videos, video reviews are facing a remarkable growth. Hitherto, the research in eWOM has paid more attention to written reviews, leaving a notable gap of research in video eWOM. The purpose of this study was to improve the knowledge about vi

Denna uppsats har syftet att analysera huruvida den ökande e-handeln pressar inflationen nedåt. Vi har behandlat och undersökt varierande teorier gällande faktorer som berörs av den ökande e-handeln, främst hur den väntas påverka prissättning och produktivitet genom ökad konkurrens från tre olika nivåer: producent-, konsument- och marknadsnivå. Data har sammanställts till paneldata för 30 europeisThis paper has the purpose of analyzing whether the growing e-commerce is pushing down inflation. We have dealt with theories concerning how e-commerce might affect price setting and increase competition on consumer-, producer-, and market level. Data concerning 30 European countries during a time period between 2002-2014 was set into a panel data and analyzed in an econometric framework. Our resu

In Sweden, a sign of success is education, hard work, and ultimately gainful employment. Being employed, however, sometimes carries a risk of being exposed to either physical and/or psychological violence. In judicial-related occupations, the risk of being exposed to such violence are higher than in others. The aim of this study was to identify and analyze professional norms among the employees a