UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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Enhancing Extreme Risk Assessment in Green Bonds: A Monte Carlo Simulation Approach
(2024)This research aims to develop a Monte Carlo framework that uses a semi-parametric approach to model tail events, moving beyond the assumptions of normal distribution. The methodology involves customizing the Monte Carlo ... -
Examining the Effect of COVID-19 on ESG Performance & Financial Resilience
(2024)Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) performance present a mixed impact on firms’ financial resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, with notable regional differences in Europe. This study analyzes 200 firms between ... -
Voluntary Information Disclosure through Green Bonds
(2024)This thesis investigates the effect of corporate environmental disclosure and its implications for green bond issuers, focusing on these bonds and the firms issuing them in relation to the 2020 EU Taxonomy regulations. By ... -
Large Language Models as Mirrors of Societal Moral Standards
(2024)Prior research has demonstrated that language models can, to a limited extent, represent moral norms in a variety of cultural contexts. This thesis aims to replicate these findings and further explore their validity, ... -
How To Live With The Landlord Levy? A Quantitative analysis on Dutch Housing Associations' Reactions to the Landlord Levy
(2024)This thesis aimed to analyse and answer the effects of the heavily debated landlord levy on housing associations. Via a statistical analysis, the research question “What has the effect of the landlord levy on the functioning ... -
The Financial Impact of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) on Shareholder Value in the European Union: An Event Study
(2024)This research investigates the financial impact of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) on shareholder value in the European Union using an event study methodology. The CSRD, a key component of the ... -
Analyzing attribution factors for sovereign financed emissions
(2024)In an effort to facilitate consistent reporting of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of their financial activities, financial institutions establish the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF). Out of seven ... -
Green Bonds as Catalysts for Energy Efficiency
(2024)This thesis examines the impact of first-time green bond issuance on corporate energy efficiency within energy-intensive industries in the European Union. The primary research question investigates how green bonds affect ... -
Sustainability Risk as an Asset Pricing Factor
(2024)This thesis examines whether widely used asset pricing models can be improved by adding a sustainability risk factor. It constructs and assesses long-short sustainability factors in the style of Small Minus Big (SMB) and ... -
The reaction of stock investors to the CFO skills
(2024)This study investigates the effects on stock returns of appointing Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) with more experience than their predecessors. A look is taken to the market reactions to the appointments of both previous ... -
Green Bonds: The relationship between ambitions of decarbonization of corporations and the green premium of their green bond
(2024)Climate change presents a pressing global challenge, necessitating urgent action across all sectors of society. More and more companies are pledging ambitious decarbonization goals. In this context, green bonds have emerged ... -
Supporting ecosystems for social enterprises in the Dutch institutional context
(2024)Enterprises with social goals as their primacy are increasingly providing social impact and value for society, but are struggling to scale their activities. Providing these social enterprises with the tools and support ... -
How does your voice impact the investment decision in entrepreneurial pitches?
(2024)ABSTRACT – This thesis studies the impact of the entrepreneurs’ voice in entrepreneurial pitches. The entrepreneurs’ voice influences how the characteristics of the entrepreneur are perceived by the investors. This is a ... -
Predicting the outcome of Automated Negotiations using Machine Learning
(2024)Knowing the outcome of an automated negotiation before it is terminated offers many advantages. It allows one to change their strategy to obtain a better result, it gives (multi-issue) negotiators insight into which ... -
Mapping Blended Finance and Green Venture Capital in African Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
(2024)This study investigates the impact of blended finance investments and green venture capital on improving entrepreneurial ecosystems in African countries. The primary aim is to understand the relationship between development ... -
Employee Autonomy: More Freedom More Innovation? An empirical study on the effects of employee autonomy on start-up innovation performance in Europe.
(2024)Since 2022, 5 million new start-ups have been created, making a 42% increase from pre pandemic levels. Innovation is the lifeblood of start-ups, and understanding the mechanisms that drive it has become crucial in today’s ... -
Highlighting the Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Alleviating Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: Reshaping the Post-HI Milieu
(2024)Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) has severe long-term neurodevelopmental consequences that affect 1,5 out of 1000 term-liveborn neonates worldwide. HIE arises due to perinatal deprivation of glucose and oxygen of the ... -
De stem van de leerling ten aanzien van het aardrijkskundeonderwijs
(2024)Nederlandse onderwijscurricula worden gevormd door betrokken onderwijsmakers op basis van voortschrijdend inzicht in de vakwetenschap, maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen en pedagogische inzichten. Hoewel het betrekken van ...