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Effective and fair taxation is imperative for development and thus sustainable peace in post-conflict countries; yet there is a glaring paucity of generalizable research on the subject. Drawing on theories from Political Economy and Comparative Politics this thesis investigates how political veto powers affect these states’ ability to mobilize domestic resources. An integrated model of delayed pol
Many natural resources lead economies experience worse economic performance than their exports lead counterparts. This phenomenon is known as the Resource Curse, and many resource abundant countries face it. This study is aimed to critically assess existing Resource Curse theory by comparing two seemingly different cases Kazakhstan and Norway. Based on the Resource Curse theory hypothesis suggests
The real estate market and stock market, as two major investment channels in China, had experienced dramatically skyrocketing and fluctuations. Especially, after 2008 financial crisis, the price index of these two asset markets tended to be alternately soaring and declining. It seems there is a new principle or new relationship generating between the real estate and stock markets. This study emplo
This thesis investigates the ontological meta-narratives of glitch art and focuses on it as the transition from images with noise, into a site of meaning. In the first chapter I will discuss glitch art as a failure in communication that stimulates our perception. By relating glitch art to noise art, I will describe the prevalence of a common artistic approach towards errors, while through Fiske’s
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the possibility of asymmetry in the dynamic conditional correlation of stock returns and gold returns. We hypothesize that this asymmetry might be different for large and small firms, as a result of size specific characteristics that may influence firm profitability and risk following negative market shocks. We investigate this on three different sized U.S.
The sun is an important reason to why there is life on earth. To be able to predict future solar activity it is important to uncover past solar activity and its cyclicity. This thesis investigates the solar activity throughout the past 2000-years to the beginning of 21th century. Diagrams which contain relevant data from radionuclide and sunspot records have been constructed to get a better overvi
This paper addresses the Environmental Management System (EMS) frameworks among the twenty-five biggest oil companies in the world. An Environmental Management System is a framework which can be used by companies to structurally control and manage their environmental aspects and impacts. Specifically in this study, focus is put on the content and structural set-up of EMS frameworks. The study look
It is indisputable that in order for an organization to act within a society, legitimacy is needed. A peace-building organization in a post-war society this might be even truer. This thesis attempt to answer how it is possible to understand legitimacy in relation to peace-building. By participating observational study and semi-structured interviews I have collected empirical material from a peace-
All languages distinguish between genders to a varying degree. Gender stereotypes in language are often gender-specific, where agentic words are considered as male and communal words are considered as female. Studies have found that countries with gendered languages express more sexism, compared to countries with natural gender or gender-neutral languages. The following study will investigate the
The objective for this master thesis has been to develop a mathematical model of the actuator parts of the fifth generation Haldex AWD system. The parts to be modeled are the DC-Machine and the pump. Also a model of the elasticity of the clutch has to be derived as well as a model for the hydraulic fluid. These models were then to be implemented in Matlab Simulink. The model was derived by means o
Employment integration of non-Swedish residents into the Swedish labor market increasingly sparks political debate and begs further exploration. While some scholars try to focus on pre-arrival characteristics as determinants of an immigrant’s future employment prospects, this project attempts to examine the degree to which municipal-level conditions influence the local employment rate amongst non-
The paper analyses whether net wealth and property taxation would be a more desirable alternative to other forms of wealth transfer taxation applied in the current tax system of the United Kingdom. It firstly discusses key features of desirable tax system and then methodically applies each form of the taxation towards this framework. Special attention is given to horizontal and vertical equality o
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the audit profession's interpretation of the characteristic competence in sustainability assurance, and how this is practically demonstrated. Method: In this paper, a qualitative research with an inductive method approach has been used. Theoretical perspectives: Theories in this paper consist of Flint’s (1988) philosophy of auditing, Abbott’
The purpose of our study is to investigate the concept of business scapegoating and its influencing constructs and how they could be hindered. A constructionist approach is used with a grounded theory strategy. Concerning our qualitative research, an exploratory method was used followed by discourse analysis, serving as a support function, which constitutes a triangulation method. The theoretical
VI Delimitations The company has several product families but only one is investigated in this project. There are today two main warehouses at the production site, the warehouse for raw material and the one for finished goods, where only the latter was studied. There are other places within the company where capital could be tied up as well, e.g. when products are being processed in a machine, but
Today, package has more obligations than just protecting the product. Consumers see the product and package as an integrated part and requires luxurious and prestigious package in order to attract them. This has forced companies to improve their package design to be able to sell their products. Both companies and consumers use it for different reasons but the visibility on the shelf remains the sa
Research question: How can business-to-business companies utilize social media in order to manage their established customer relationships? Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the theoretical framework and case studies in order to gain an understanding for the advantages and disadvantages of social media in a relationship perspective. To be able to answer how business-to-busine
