This paper examines whether central banks consider exchange rates and restrictions to capital flows when setting the policy rate. Specifically, this paper studies if there is a difference in the reaction between inflation targeting central bank and non-inflation targeting central banks in advanced and emerging economies. The recent financial crisis is also covered, that is, did the crisis change w

Biotechnological tools have never been stronger than today and the data they provide is absolutely fascinating. As we get a clearer picture of the intricate workings of living systems eective mathematical and statistical tools become a necessity in order to reach a comprehensive understanding of said systems. The purpose of this thesis is to statistically explore cutting edge biomedical data taken

In 2006, Nicaragua installed a complete ban on abortion, which spurred much debate in Nicaraguan civil society and had a strongly negative effect on women’s rights and lives. Previous research has dealt with the abortion discourses and found that much of it makes out a conflict between protecting the life of the fetus or that of the woman. However, there have also been found arguments relating to

The aim of this study is to describe how the establishment of large farms (plattgårdar) in the county of Scania changed the landscape in the areas of the former villages, hamlets and small holdings. It is also important to find out if the establishment of the large farms was depending on the enclosure-reforms during the 19th century. Another aim of this study is to describe how the system with lar

This thesis deals with the life-puzzle from the context of single mothers working non-standard hours within the health and social care sector. There is a specific focus on this group’s childcare-arrangements with the idea of their puzzles being more complex than many others in this regard. The aim of this study is to see what resources these women have available for managing their puzzles, as well

In this study global wave climates for present and future climates are simulated with the WAM model, based on wind fields from the JMA/MRI-AGCM3.2 climate projection. The projected wave fields are analysed and compared for the two periods of 1979-2003 and 2075-2099, and climate change induced differences are identified. It is found that the wave climate is strongly dependent on latitude, with the

Scrum är ett populärt ramverk för systemutveckling som baseras på de agila principerna. Scrum består av sprintar, tre sorters huvudroller och aktiviteter och uppmuntrar till att leverera högsta möjliga värde till kunderna. Vid systemutveckling har ett flertal nyckelfaktorer etablerats för att lyckas med en implementering. Syftet med studien är att undersöka om Scrum stödjer de existerande nyckelfa

The thesis evaluates the Swedish EITC and its effect on the employment rate. The Swedish EITC was introduced in 2007 to encourage more people to enter the labor market. This will be evaluated with a difference-in-difference method. The fact that the tax rate in the municipality is an important part of the formula for the EITC will be used to form groups depending of the size of the tax rate. A mun

This is a qualitative study amongst professional social workers who are working with financial aid for adults. The aim of this study was to illustrate how social workers working with financial aid view their discretion, and how this approach affected the vision of professionalism and the performance of social work. The theories discussed in this study are organization professionalism, occupational

This study is based on four unaccompanied young refugees' stories of their first experiences, and how they perceive their situation regarding the rights and acceptance as unaccompanied refugee children in Sweden. Method:Qualitative research method. Four semistructured interviews. Result: This study shows that unaccompanied refugees situation in Sweden do not always correspond to the reality th

This thesis explores the mechanisms through which donors govern the international aid system. By looking closer at the case of donor—NGO relationships in Nepal this paper aims at uncovering the technologies of power used by donors, consequences of these (power effects), and strategic responses from NGOs. Applying a combined governance and resource dependence approach, through a neo-institutionalis

In this paper I have examine how Voluntourism and its bisectional content is perceived and justified by operators who are active in the volunteer travel industry. I have taken a qualitative approach and I chose to do an observational study and complementing it with four interviews. Most of my material is obtained from a volunteer organization in Thailand but two of the interviews were made with vo

Political analyses of the reform period China are plentiful, and for each analysis, there seems to be another version of a “China Model” or “Beijing Consensus” for economic and social development. This paper argues that these vague conceptualizations need to be rooted in empirical observations; they need to be products of induction rather than deductive processes that reiterate the preconceptions

Då sökmotorer ständigt är i utveckling, och att Internet blir mer och mer öppet, ville vi undersöka hur den personliga integriteten uppfattas vid användning av dessa tjänster. För att vidare undersöka användningen av sökmotorer så valde vi, utifrån den teoretiska bakgrunden, att även belysa frågan om det finns en motsägelse hos individen vid deras uttalande och agerande vid användning av tjänsten.

The aim of this study has been to examine how the individual is represented in three self-help books and to distinguish dominant discourses in these same books. This has been made through a social constructionist approach. The self-help books that made up the basis for this essay were chosen in the following ways: they can be identified as self help books, and they have had high sales numbers; I t

Denna uppsats undersöker närmare det forum som sociala medier är för organisat-ioner. Genom en fallstudie på Findus och hästköttskandalen där diskursanalys, samt intervjuer varit metodvalen har vi kunnat se att samhällsdiskurser och orga-nisationers informationshantering är stora faktorer vid negativ ryktesspridning. Resultat visar att framförallt diskursanalys kan vara ett starkt verktyg till attThis thesis looks closer on to social media and what it mean for organisations and their presence in them. Through a case study on Findus and the so-called horse-meat scandal, where we choose to do discourse analysis and interviews, were we able to se that social discourses and organisation’s information management are big factors when it comes to negative rumour spread. The study primarily indica

Antal och val av förstärkningsuttryck skiljer sig mellan kvinnor och män. Några slumpmässigt utvalda informanter bekräftar tidigare forskningsresultat att kvinnor använder fler förstärkningsuttryck än män, samt att de svär i mindre utsträckning. Den bekräftar också att den så kallade ackommodationsteorin stämmer så tillvida att män och kvinnor anpassar sitt val och antal förstärkningsuttryck till

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka så kallade luffarsäkra bänkar och fenomenet exkluderande design ur ett ideologiskt perspektiv. Uppsatsen inleds med en definition av begreppet ideologi. Analysens tillvägagångssätt består i studier av exkluderande design samt litteratur- och mediastudier. Grundläggande begrepp som ideologi och hegemoni har analyserats men också frågor som rör exkluderande des