Search for dissertations about: "Michael Grant"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Michael Grant.

2. 1. MAKING ACQUISITIONS

   Author : Michael Grant; Fredrik Nilsson; Lars Frimanson; Riikka Sarala; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; acquisition-making; acquisition organization; capital investment; decision; decision-making; intuitive expertise; management control systems; merger and acquisition; secrecy; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis examines acquisition-making, that is, activities and events leading up to the completion or cancellation of an acquisition. Acquisition-making involves people, from various areas of expertise, who are managed by and organized in what in this thesis is called a professional acquisition organization (PAO). READ MORE

4. 2. Insurances against job loss and disability : Private and public interventions and their effects on job search and labor supply

   Author : Josefine Andersson; Anders Forslund; Stefan Eriksson; Michael Rosholm; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Employment Security Agreements; job search assistance; job loss; notification; lump-sum severance grant; liquidity effect; disability insurance; financial incentives; continuous deduction; regression discontinuity design; propensity score matching; nearest neighbor matching; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay I: Employment Security Agreements, which are elements of Swedish collective agreements, offer a unique opportunity to study very early job search counselling of displaced workers. These agreements provide individual job search assistance to workers who are dismissed due to redundancy, often as early as during the period of notice. READ MORE

5. 3. Learning to Analyze Visual Data Streams for Environment Perception

   Author : Emil Brissman; Michael Felsberg; Bastian Leibe; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : A mobile robot, instructed by a human operator, acts in an environment with many other objects. However, for an autonomous robot, human instructions should be minimal and only high-level instructions, such as the ultimate task or destination. READ MORE

6. 4. Empirical Essays in Political and Public Economics

   Author : Heléne Lundqvist; Matz Dahlberg; Eva Mörk; Michael Smart; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political careers; Ethnic heterogeneity; Income redistribution; Fiscal federalism; Intergovernmental grants; Public employment; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. Essay 1: Despite the key role played by political payoffs in theory, very little is known empirically about the types of payoffs that motivate politicians. The purpose of this paper is to bring light onto this. I estimate causal effects of being elected in a local election on monetary returns. READ MORE

7. 5. Economic Influences on Migration in Sweden

   Author : Olle Westerlund; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interregional migration; labor market; household migration; labor mobility; local public sector; mobility grant; tax base; self selection; migration; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Paper [I]- Household Migration and the Local Public Sector: Evidence from Sweden, 1981-1984 (co-authored with Michael L. Wyzan), contains an empirical explo­ration of the nexus between variables related to the local public sector budget and migration. READ MORE