The purpose of this study is to explore the area surrounding computer energy consumption. After reviewing general background on related fields we measured energy consumption among different computers and monitors. Based on the results we constructed a survey aimed at Swedish schools. Using a quantitative approach we draw some conclusions, a majority of the respondents lacked someone responsible of

Samhällets resurser är begränsade och en prioritering av olika verksamheter nödvändig. Cost-utility-analysen är en typ av ekonomisk utvärdering som syftar till att utgöra en del av beslutsunderlaget vid prioriteringsbeslut. Uppsatsen gör en cost-utitlity-analys av den ickefarmokologiska hypertonibehandling som genomförts vid Vindelns hälsocenter på individer där traditionell behandling inte haft ö

The aim of the study “Do changing patterns of governance affect Swedish aid?” is to examine if changes in governance in recipient countries of Swedish bilateral aid matter to Swedish aid and can cause changes in it. The procedure has been to first explain governance and its components and then the Swedish development and aid system is presented to give a framework to the study. The distribution of

During the period 1905 to 1940 it was possible to get a loan from the state to buy land and build a small farm or a house in rural areas. This loan act and its effects have been studied earlier in different ways, but never as a total study for a geographic region. The region Malmöhus Län has been chosen. The purpose of this paper is to study in which parts of the area loans were taken and who sold

Information overload är ett stort problem, många organisationer lider av dess konsekvenser och medvetenheten om dessa problem är hög. Ändå så finns problemet kvar, och verkar bli alltmer påtagligt. I följande uppsats ämnar vi att presentera varför detta är så, genom ett arbete kring sambandet mellan organisationers medvetenhet om Information overload och de åtgärder som vidtas mot problemet. För a

This paper analyzes how the integration into the EU, beginning with the signing of the Europe Agreement in 1991, has influenced the structural dynamics of production and trade in the countries of the former Czechoslovakia. The aim is to assess if the existing differences in economic performance (with a substantially higher per capita GDP in the Czech Republic but a higher rate of economic growth i

This paper examines how governance affects FDI inflows using cross-country analysis for a sample of 156 countries over the period 1996-2004. It looks into six different dimension of governance, measured by indicators constructed by Kaufmann, Kraay and Zoido-Lobatón: (1) Voice and Accountability, (2) Political Stability and Violence, (3) Government Effectiveness, (4) Regulatory Quality, (5) Rule of

To elicit the value that car consumers place upon environmental concerns when purchasing a car, a certain type of Discrete Choice Modelling called Choice Experiment was used. The Choice Experiment includes the four car attributes safety, carbon dioxide emissions, acceleration and annual cost. The survey was sent to a random sample of 1500 people in Sweden between 25 and 50 years of age in October

In the light of ever increasing international trade around the globe, affecting men and women in all countries, it is surprising that so little attention is given its gender effects. The effects of trade are said to be gender neutral, but could potentially act reinforcing on the existing gender patterns in a society. The aim of this thesis is to examine whether the implications for men and women i

The thesis examines the intergenerational transmission of three outcome variables between different ethnic groups of first and second generation immigrants in Sweden. The outcome variables studied are income, education and employment. Aggregated data is used to study the differences in the outcome variables between groups. Significant for all the outcome variables is a high level of transmission f

Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att redogöra för det nya systemet för värdering och beskattning av derivatinstrument. Sammanfattningsvis utgör innehavda instrument vid yrkesmässig verksamhet lagertillgångar, och får då tas upp till sitt verkliga värde eller det samlade anskaffningsvärdet. Vid icke yrkesmässig verksamhet skall i allmänhet reglerna i inkomstslaget kapital tillämpas. Gränsdragningen m

Alkoholreklam är ett hett omdebatterat område. Det finns de som anser att all alkoholreklam skall vara förbjuden och de som önskar en mer liberal alkoholreklamregler. Sverige har, efter ett mål i EG-domstolen (Gourmet) varit tvungna att lätta upp sina regler då de ansågs bryta mot fri rörlighet av varor och tjänster. Marknadsdomstolen som gjorde proportionalitetsbedömningen ansåg att Sveriges anno

Abstract The purpose of this thesis is to analyze if implied volatility and the implied risk neutral density function can predict short term market return of the Swedish OMX-index. To study the relation between information in option prices and short term market return I perform and OLS-regression with the market return as dependent variable. Implied volatility and the various moments of the implie

Vattkoppor räknas till en av våra klassiska barnsjukdomar. Sjukdomen är i sig relativt ofarlig, men leder till stora produktionsförluster för samhället då individer tvingas vara hemma från arbetet på grund av vård av barn eller sjukskrivning. I flera länder, såsom USA och Tyskland, har man undkommit problemet med stora produktionsförluster genom att införa allmän barnvaccination mot vattkoppor. De

The paper treats the subject of international liberalisation of labor migration. It presents some different theories on the subject and analyses how the subject has been and is treated in the framework of the GATS. Effects on development and welfare on a global scale are analysed. The positive effects of a liberalisation of labor migration are found to be substantial at any level of liberalisation

Kunden kan idag bestämma och skräddarsy sin produkt efter ett antal standardiserade variabler. I denna process som vi kallar konfigureringsprocessen kan det uppstå flera problem. Dessa problem är ofta användbarhetsproblem till exempel navigeringsfunktio-ner, tvetydig information med mera, uppstår oftast i systemets gränssnitt med kunden. Vi kom fram till följande problem: - Innehåller konfiguratio

This paper analyzes production fragmentation in the telecommunications industry, using Hungary as a case study. The driving forces of production fragmentation are partly industry and product characteristics but also conditions in the environment, among which transaction cost are especially important. Because of its characteristics, the telecommunications industry has high fragmentation potential a

För organisationer idag är det viktigt att på ett smidigt sätt kunna analysera och sammanställa data. Detta behov tillgodoses av produkter som benämns som OLAPverktyg. OLAP har blivit mycket populärt och det finns idag många verktyg ute på marknaden – vi valde i vår undersökning att utvärdera några av dessa verktyg. Syftet med denna studie var att visa på de eventuella brister OLAP-verktyg idag dr

This Bachelor Thesis is entitled “Swedish parental leave and gender equality. Effects on women’s conditions on the labour market”. Through our empirical results in conjunction with economical and sociological theories, this Bachelor Thesis attempts to answer the questions: 1) Why are the claims for Swedish parental leave unevenly distributed between men and women? 2) Does the uneven distribution r

There are many theories of time preference that are relevant for the problem of overweight. The DU-model explains how declining utility profiles can be consistent with an individual’s preferences. Such profiles are achieved through overeating and overweight. Through applying overweightness on Becker and Mulligan’s model (1997) with endogenous time preferences, possible directions of causality are