The aim of this thesis is to investigate the structural evolution and spatial pattern of regional unemployment rates in the EU for the period 1999-2009. Several previous studies have found large disparities across Europe’s regions, contrary to what neoclassic theory predict would be the effect of regional integration. Moreover, some literature finds that these differences seem to increase over tim

The purpose of this study is to examine whether normalization is created and if so done within a specific context. More specifically the aim is to study how normalization is created and made in institutional treatment of young people, according to cognitive behavioral therapy. The two research questions I intend to answer are, how can treatment according to cognitive behavioral therapy operate nor

The importance of the health of the banking sector cannot be underestimated, especially not after the recent financial crisis. Credit rating agencies base their ratings on backward-looking accounting information which cannot be used to predict a bank default. Therefore, it is of high relevance to develop market-based measures of default to give a point-in-time indication of the health of the banki

The nature of warfare is changing in ways that increasingly endanger women and girls. Besides suffering from the general brutality inflicted by violent conflict, women also suffer particular attacks whose form is defined by distinct notions of female sexuality. However, the ironic fact must be recognized that the upheaval of a conflict can break down social barriers and traditional patriarchal pat

Remittances are getting wider attention in recent years because of the enormous increase in amounts. Remittances have already outshined the inflow of FDI, official development assistance, and portfolio flows for many developing countries. However there is no clear-cut understanding of its macro level importance to economic growth which arises because of shortage of study in the area. This study tr

Poverty has previously been viewed as one of the most important drivers of the HIV epidemic. However, recent studies have found that poor individuals are not more likely than wealthy to be HIV positive. Therefore, economic inequality together with gender inequality has instead been suggested as the main socioeconomic drivers of the spread of HIV. The studies analyzing the relationship between econ

Studien behandlar det processuella perspektivet på hur ett industriellt företag slöter sitt varumärkesarbete mot sina kunder. Undersökningen är genomförd med en kvalitativ ansats med en tolkande och deskriptiv metod. Det empiriska materialet har insamlats genom intervjuer. Studiens teoretiska ram har utformats utifrån fyra grundläggande områden; varumärkets beståndsdelar, industriella konkurensför

Problem: Internet 2.0 anammas allt oftare i marknadskommunikation. Den publicistiska vändningen som kom i samband med digitala medier skapar dock en del utmaningar för låg- och höginvolverande varumärken. Syfte: Studien ämnar undersöka vilka digitala medier som används i varumärkeskommunikation bland etthundra starka varumärken i Sverige samt hur konstruerar ett låginvolverande och ett höginvolver

Samhällets behov av förnyelsebara energikällor har ökat; i april 2009 antogs Europaparlamentets och rådets direktiv 2009/28/EG om främjande av användningen av energi från förnybara energikällor och om ändring och ett senare upphävande av direktiven 2001/77/EG samt 2003/30/EG. För Sveriges del innebar antagandet att Sverige fick som nationellt övergripande mål att andelen energi från förnybara enerSociety’s need of renewable sources of energy has increased; in April 2009 the European Parliament and Council adopted the directive 2009/28/EG on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC. For Sweden this meant the adoption of a new general objective in which the national goal is to have 49 percent of the

The paper investigates sensitivity of the optimal portfolio obtained from the Black Litterman model to the specification of the inputs. Specifically estimation methods of the variances of the views are employed and the results are analysed. For this purpose the MSCI indices of 14 European countries are experienced. The result shows very weak response of the weight vector to the estimation method o

Export promotion policies are widely used in most countries. The aim is to increase exports to foreign markets and in this, Sweden is no exception. In this study, my objective is to investigate whether Swedish export-promoting activities abroad, realized through the Swedish Trade Council (STC) and the Foreign Service (i.e. embassies and consulates), are associated with higher aggregate Swedish mer

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning Big Bang, Den Stora Smällen, är ett begrepp som de flesta av oss känner till; universums födelse som har gett upphov till galaxer, svarta hål, solsystem, planeter – och ja, indirekt till livet och mänskligheten själv. Långt innan allt detta skapades, bara några bråkdelar av en sekund efter Big Bang, fanns inte den vanliga materien som vi är vana vid idag; det faThis thesis presents a study of L, ¯L, and K0 s particle (generically referred to as V0 particles) production measured by the ALICE experiment located at LHC, CERN, in protonproton collisions at a center of mass collision energy of p s = 7 TeV. The particles are reconstructed via their V0 decay topology, which can be done due to the excellent tracking performance of the Time Projection Chamber det

The purpose of this essay was to highlight what happens in the meeting between the child care investigator and the client, from the investigators perspective. Further, the essay examines the mechanisms affecting this relation – how the child care investigator's respective roles, as controlling authority and service provider, will be visible to the investigator and what the consequences of the

Development is often looked upon in economical terms and often research tries to investigate how one country can produce or sell more in order to increase its GDP. This thesis does not exclude these considerations but focuses on health as an important aspect of development. I investigate why South Africans (SA) would place their lives at risk with full knowledge of AIDS by not using freely availab

The G20 leaders forum was created as a response to the economic and financial crisis of 2008-2009. However, well before the crisis, calls for a new order in global economic governance had mounted as the credibility and importance of existing patterns of global governance had waned. Accordingly, the G20 replaced the G7 for dealing with international economic matters and designated itself as the pre

The present work is an interdisciplinary and theoretical study on the topic of identity and the development of collective consciousness; an investigation of the ways in which people feel about and operate with their identities today. Identities are seen as a process circumscribed by the continuous struggle between the individual need for self-fulfillment and the demands of social structure and col

Women’s participation in politics is an interesting subject to study. The value of the study is even more meaningful if it considers the gender perspective. Of course, the representation of women in politics is not a new issue to make one’s research on, yet now it is very up to date when new democratic states emerge and higher numbers of women tend to become politically active. At the same time ju

Dagens bostadsbestånd består av flerfamiljshus och drygt två miljoner småhus. Av dessa är 37 % byggda före år 1950, det vill säga 770 000 småhus. Gemensamt för husen byggda mellan åren 1880-1945 är användningen av traditionell byggteknik och materialval vid uppförandet av husen. De utgör ett värde i vårt kulturarv med en social identitet väl förankrad i sin omgivning. Dessa hus är idag i behov av

Behovet av information på värdepappersmarknaden ökar i och med att det blir allt vanligare att investera i aktier. Aktiebolag vänder sig till värdepappersmarknaden för att skaffa nytt kapital till bolaget. De främsta anledningarna till detta är att bolagen vill finansiera sin verksamhet, ofta i form av nyinvesteringar, samt att ägarna vill kompenseras för de investeringar, både i form av nedlagt aThe increased importance of information on the securities market correlates to it having become more common to invest in shares. Business corporations turn to the securities market in order to raise money. The main reasons being the will to finance their operations, often in the form of new investments, and the owners wanting to be compensated for their investments, both financially and in terms o

Individuals do not only make decisions to maximize their own utility, but are also concerned with how their decisions affect others. Theories of inequality aversion, taking fairness considera¬tions into account, suggest that many people dislike inequalities between themselves and others. Testing for inequality aversion is easiest done by using experimental economics, in this paper in the form of a