Search for dissertations about: "degree of adjustment dissertation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words degree of adjustment dissertation.

  2. 1. Profits and market adjustment : a study in the dynamics of production, productivity and rates of return

    Author : Peter Englund; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In a market economy the rate of return on capital plays a decisive role for resource allocation. High profits in an industry stimulate expansion of production in existing firms and entry of new firms. The product price will hence tend to fall, and in the long run there is a tendency for rates of profit to become equalized across industries. READ MORE

  4. 2. Policy Choices in African Structural Adjustment : An Exploration of Sectoral Continuity

    Author : Sarai-Anne Ikenze; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sectoral policy; economic reform; structural adjustment; Sub-Saharan Africa; International Monetary Fund;

    Abstract : Between 1980 and 2000, a number of Sub-Saharan African countries entered into conditional structural adjustment lending arrangements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in response to economic crisis and decline. Despite the fact that the crises had been due in part to long-term overdependence on primary sector activities, such as cash crop agriculture and natural resource extraction, many countries allegedly continued to prioritize these activities during structural adjustment. READ MORE

  5. 3. Analysing performance of primary health care using the ACG Case-Mix System

    Author : Andrzej Zielinski; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to analyse the importance of co-morbidity level for different aspects of primary health care (PHC) using a measure of co-morbidity. Paper I examines whether there were differences in referral rates from different Lithuanian PHC models after adjustment for co-morbidity level. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on the effects of monetary policy

    Author : Kerstin Hallsten; Paul Söderlind; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of three essays, each of which addresses issues that are relevant to the implementation of monetary policy.The first essay, "Bank Loans and the Transmission Mechanism of Monetary Policy," considers one of the transmission mechanisms of monetary policy, the bank lending channel. This mechanism is analysed and estimated. READ MORE

  7. 5. Screening immigrant mothers for postpartum depression. Development and feasibility of an educational Intervention for nurses in the child health services

    Author : Malin Skoog; Barns och familjers hälsa; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Child Health Services; Complex intervention; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; Immigrant migrant; Maternal Mental Health; Nursing; Postpartum postnatal depression; Screening;

    Abstract : Postpartum depression is a major public health problem, which immigrant mothers are at particular risk of being affected by. Routine screening is implemented by many countries to increase identification, but research suggests that health care professionals experience screening of immigrant mothers as challenging. READ MORE