Search for dissertations about: "Habit formation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words Habit formation.

2. 1. Growing into Voting : Election Turnout among Young People and Habit Formation

   Author : Richard Öhrvall; Elin Wihlborg; Gissur Ó Erlingsson; Sven Oskarsson; Jan Teorell; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Voter turnout; political equality; habit formation; youth participation; Valdeltagande; politisk jämlikhet; vaneröstande; ungas deltagande;

   Abstract : This thesis contains an introduction and four essays that together address the issues of turnout and habitual voting. Although voting is less unequal than other forms of political participation, it is still biased in favour of more socially affluent citizens.  One way to achieve more equal participation is to increase the general turnout. READ MORE

4. 2. Environmental taxation - Empirical and Theoretical Applications

   Author : Åsa Löfgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Oil; Decomposition; Gasoline; Policy instruments; Causality; Political economy; Optimal taxation; Habit formation; Environment; Intertemporal choice;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained articles, and hence each paper can be read independently. Still, all five papers have one important feature in common: environmental taxation. READ MORE

5. 3. The market impact of short-sale constraints

   Author : Roland Nilsson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The thesis addresses two areas of research within financial economics: empirical asset pricing and the borderline area between finance and economics with emphasis on econometrical methods. The empirical asset pricing section considers the effects of short-sale constraints on both the stock market as well as the derivatives market. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays in real estate finance

   Author : Eric Clapham; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : dissertation contains seven papers. The first five are in the field of real estate finance, while the final two are asset pricing papers. The first paper explores equilibrium properties of lease rates. The framework is based on the concept of the term structure of lease rates, or the equilibrium rate as a function of lease length. READ MORE

7. 5. Molecular Adaptations in the Endogenous Opioid System in Human and Rodent Brain

   Author : Muhammad Zubair Hussain; Georgy Bakalkin; Anita Hansson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Endogenous Opioid System; Dynorphins; Lateralization; Alcohol Dependence; Emotions; Traumatic Brain Injury; Anterior Cingulate Cortex; Dorsal Striatum; Neuroscience; Neurovetenskap;

   Abstract : The aims of the thesis were to examine i) whether the endogenous opioid system (EOS) is lateralized in human brain areas involved in processing of emotions and pain; ii) whether EOS responses to unilateral brain injury depend on side of lesion, and iii) whether in human alcoholics, this system is involved in molecular adaptations in brain areas relevant for cognitive control of addictive behavior and habit formation.The main findings were that (1) opioid peptides but not opioid receptors and classic neurotransmitters are markedly lateralized in the anterior cingulate cortex involved in processing of  positive and negative emotions and affective component of pain. READ MORE