Search for dissertations about: "Government Consumption"

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2. 1. Essays on Fiscal Policy, Private Consumption and Non-Stationary Panel Data

   Author : Kristian Jönsson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; Cross-Sectional Dependence; Output Convergence; Unit Root; Stationarity; Panel Data; Government Consumption; Non-Keynesian Effects; Private Consumption; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; Fiscal Policy;

   Abstract : In the first essay of this thesis, we examine whether the effects of fiscal expansions and contractions exert a symmetric influence on the relationship between fiscal policy and private consumption. Our results indicate a considerable asymmetry across fiscal expansions and contractions. READ MORE

4. 2. Testing and Applying Cointegration Analysis in Macroeconomics

   Author : Åsa Eriksson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; Fiscal policy; Government consumption; Private consumption; Unemployment; Hypothesis testing; Wage formation; Panel cointegration; Cointegration analysis; ekonomisk teori; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonomisk politik; ekonometri; ekonomiska system;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on empirical applications and tests of macroeconomic theories. It consists of three fairly distinct essays, bound together by the common theme of the use of cointegration analysis in the empirical macroeconomic analysis. The first chapter is an introductory chapter, while chapter two, three and four contain the three essays. READ MORE

5. 3. A Beef with Meat : Media and Audience Framings of Environmentally Unsustainable Production and Consumption

   Author : Kajsa-Stina Benulic; Anna Maria Jönsson; Magnus Boström; Ulrika Olausson; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Meat; news media; audience; environment; framing; consumption; participation; responsibility; Environmental Studies; Miljövetenskapliga studier;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to identify potential routes of participation in environmentally sustainable changes of the Swedish meat production and consumption. Changes are needed as meat production and consumption have been linked to serious environmental problems, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and land use change. READ MORE

6. 4. Sustainable consumption for policymakers: measuring, learning and acting

   Author : Elena Dawkins; Viveka Palm; Mattias Höjer; Åsa Persson; Paul Ekins; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sustainable consumption; environmental pressures; consumption-based indicators; footprint; policymaker; measuring; learning; action; Sweden; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

   Abstract : Current patterns and levels of consumption are a key driver of unsustainable resource use and pollution, which contributes to global environmental degradation. Rapid reductions in environmental pressures are required to avoid irreversible loss of fragile ecosystems and social and economic crises. Consumption must become sustainable. READ MORE

7. 5. From consumption to sharing: Generating knowledge to support urban governance of the sharing economy

   Author : Divia Jimenez Encarnacion; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban governance; sharing economy; sustainable consumption; statistical analysis; survey methodology; qualitative analysis; household consumption;

   Abstract : The increasing rates of household consumption and their environmental effects highlight the urgency of transitioning to more sustainable consumption patterns. The Sharing Economy (SE) has emerged as a potential pathway to sustainable consumption in cities, allowing households to access products without making private purchases. READ MORE