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The aim of this thesis is to identify and study the division of competence between the EU and its Member States in relation to international environmental agreements (IEAs) and to attempt to ascertain how this division affects the responsibility for implementation and enforcement of IEAs in the EU, and to some extent, the liability towards third parties. In order to establish the role of competenc
Abstract Author: Carina Ljungwald Title: The Social Services’ Provisions on Crime Victims – a study of their origins and purposes Supervisor: Kerstin Svensson In 2001, crime victims were introduced as a target group in the Swedish Social Services Act. Alongside special provisions concerning children, youths, elderly persons, persons with functional impairments, substance abusers and family caregiv
The Bunong indigenous minority who live in the North-East of Cambodia have experienced rapid change in the last decade. With the arrival of commercialised society has come the development agenda, which has sought the participation of minorities, but with only limited success. Using Long’s concept of ‘interface analysis’, the purpose of this study is to examine how cultural change has effected Buno
The emergence of new media technologies, particularly the Internet, has transformed communicative environments and media landscape, influencing social, cultural and political processes in our everyday life. It is claimed to contribute to the recent transnational large-scale social movements in the last decade such as the anti-globalization protests like well-known ‘Battle of Seattle’ in 1999 or th
Vegetation in the subarctic is expected to respond to climate warming as its growth becomes less temperature limited. This has previously been recorded in the form of treeline advances and increasing shrub cover. Changes in vegetation cover may accelerate warming due to a decrease in summer albedo, in what is termed surface albedo feedback. A quantification of the relationship between vegetation c
This thesis analyzes how the young public feels about communication efforts that seek to emotionally appeal to them, by investigating the example of brand activist campaigns. By applying narrative theory, the study examines how these campaigns are structured to evoke emotions and how the young public emotionally responds to them. This way, the thesis has a holistic approach to the emotional side o
This thesis examines the compatibility of the European Union’s countervailing duties on imports of Chinese battery electric vehicles with World Trade Organization law. Particular focus is given to the causation and non-attribution requirements under Article 15.5 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, in conjunction with the threat of material injury standard under Article 15.7.
Allmänna pensionsfonderna, oftast omnämnda som AP-fonderna, är de största förvaltarna id et allmänna inkomstpensionsystemet. Fonderna har i uppdrag att investera pensionssystemets buffertkapital och eftersträva en hög långsiktig avkastning för att bidra till en hög pension för framtida generationer. För att uppfylla sitt uppdrag investerar fonderna i tusentals företag runt om i världen. Under de sThe Swedish Public Pension Funds, also known as the AP-funds, are the biggest trustees of Swedish pension payments. Their mission is to invest the buffer capital of the pension system and ensure growth that will provide pension disbursements for generations to come. To fulfil this mission investments are made in thousands of companies all over the world. During the last years the AP-funds have bee
This paper is a critical discourse analysis aiming to examine how the Migration Court in Malmö uses children's own reasons for asylum and the concept of the best interest of the child in a selected number of decisions from January to March 2012th. We have investigated how the court formulates its decisions in order to under¬stand if a child’s claim for asylum is tested on its own merits and ho
This thesis investigates the role states play in promoting and directing a country’s development. More specifically, it is examined, which factors determine differences in state performance and why different types of states form. This is done through a comparative case study of Botswana and Zambia, two southern African countries that after a similar start into independence developed very different
In this thesis, a theory testing research of two comparative cases has been conducted. By applying the Rational Choice inspired theory by Adam Przeworski, upon the two cases of the negotiations revolving around the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the war between Serbia and Kosovo, it has been examined whether the theory can be used to explain the difference in outcome. The essence of the theor
Where debtors seek to open insolvency proceedings in a Member State that have the most favourable insolvency regime it is referred to as "forum shopping". According to Article 3 (1) in conjunction with Article 4 of the European Insolvency Regulation the appropriate jurisdiction and the applicable law are determined by the core element of the Regulation the debtor´s "centre of main i
This paper investigates whether the information from a number of different economic variables have the ability to predict stock returns on the OMXS30. The estimated forecast models are evaluated with a number of standard metrics to find the best performing models. These models are then used in combination with two portfolio strategies and tested over different time periods and forecast horizons, t
Advance pricing arrangement (“APA”) becomes a common tool to attract foreign investors to carry out their business in the Member States’ territory. The advantage of APA which providing legitimate expectations to the taxpayers is one of the reasons of why the companies file an APA request to the tax authorities. However, APAs are not free from issues or problems arose, especially in relation to t
The “Substitution Principle” gives the direction to substitute hazardous substances to less dangerous ones when possible. The idea of substituting substances to less dangerous alternatives is currently of concern and the “Substitution Principle” is one of the tools used to do so. This has come into focus since polluted lakes, air and/or land areas has ended up as consequences of chemical emissions
The aim of this study is to examine the determinants of capital structure via a cross-country comparison between the U.S.A. and Sweden. With the consideration of firm specific factors, the main focus is on researching country effect and macroeconomic impacts on firms’ financing policy. Including both country and macroeconomic factors in the research allows for having a new approach on the topic. T
