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Documenting Collective Memory : an Analysis of the New Swedish Process Oriented Archive Description System

In recent years we have seen a development within the archival tradition identified by some as a paradigm shift. The signifiers behind this shift are mirrored in the records continuum model - a model that then also reflects a wider socio-political understanding of the development of archival thinking. Hence this thesis intend to describe and analyse the current shift in archival description in Swe

To return or not return - Trend spotting in the Swedish market

The impact of Obesity on Earnings - Evidence from Swedish Panel Data

Disability and labor market outcomes in Sweden - Controlling for skill

International diversification from a Swedish perspective during the implementation of EMU.

A multi-factor model for the Swedish stock market

In 1996, Robert A. Haugen and Nardin L. Baker published a study where they had made a multi-factor model based on micro-variables on the American stock market between 1979 and 1993. In testing the model on the examined period they made an average annual return of 30,9 percent. They also tested the model on several other markets around the world with similar results. This study is a somewhat simple

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Wetland Alternatives on Vege River, Sweden

Correlation between Methane concentration and emission from old Landfills in Sweden

Establishing Change, Determining Responsibility: Policy ideology and implementation in the Swedish reform for the establishment of newly arrived refugees

The introduction of Migration Courts in Sweden - a shift of power in the asylum process

2006 genomfördes en reform av den svenska asylprocessen. Det tidigare systemet hade utsatts för stark kritik, och särskilt överklagandeinstansen, Utlänningsnämnden, hade blivit en symbol för en godtycklig, och samtidigt restriktiv asylpolitik. I och med reformen ersattes Utlänningsnämnden av tre Migrationsdomstolar och en Migrationsöverdomstol. Det uttryckliga målet var att öka öppenheten och rätt

Empowerment or excessive care? Discourse analysis of the debate around Swedish integration policy

Investigating the development of forest-based bioenergy: Transferring knowledge from Sweden to Poland

Bound by the European Union policy, Poland needs to increase the share of renewable energy by 7,5% by 2010 and 15% by 2020. Biomass was once viewed as the largest potential for expansion of renewable energy in Poland. However, in the light of this thesis work, it appears that recent legislation and the standpoint of the State Forest Company will result in the barely emerging market for biomass fro

Emancipation at the cost of peace? Evaluating the implementation of UN Resolution 1325 in Afghanistan from a Swedish perspective

Enclosures and Fertility in Southern Sweden. Were peasants consciously regulating their decisions regarding family size?

Stress Testing the Corporate Loans Portfolio of the Swedish Financial Sector

"Gimme Shelter" - A Long- and Short-Run Analysis of Swedish Regional House Prices

The aim of this thesis is to examine the long-run relationship between regional house prices, how the house price model behaves in the short run and if aggregated national house price models may be misleading. To investigate whether house prices are related in the long run we use cointegration tests to look for common trends. The short-run behaviour of the model is estimated by an error correction

Automatic Stabilization in Sweden - Developments through 30 years of economic change

Exploring Flexibility - A Study of Cleaning Work in Sweden

Anti-Semitism, Securitization and the Media: Analyzing the role of media in relation to the increasing notion of anti-Semitism in Sweden - An issue for securitization?

Globalization and the Swedish Labor Market

Globalization is a widespread phenomenon that is having a strong influence on the modern society, creating both threats and opportunities. One of the most affected areas by the global pressures is the labor market, which requires specific policies and tools to respond to the increasing challenges. It is thus the task of the modern welfare states, to intervene in the attempt of transforming the glo