Search for dissertations about: "economics dissertation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 763 swedish dissertations containing the words economics dissertation.

  2. 1. Nudges, Prosocial Preferences & Behavior : Essays in Behavioral Economics

    Author : Erik Gråd; Ranjula Bali Swain; Mats Bergman; Fredrik Carlsson; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nudge; Prosocial Preferences; Public Goods Game; Network; Renewable Energy; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : Nudges are interventions based on behavioral insights and have received a great deal of attention in recent years. This dissertation investigates how nudges may affect prosocial preferences and behavior through their intended effects, but also their unintended consequences. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on Environmental Economics

    Author : Erika Budh; Lars Hultkrantz; Chuan-Zhong Li; Ing-Marie Gren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Environmental economics; public good; public bad; negative externality; voluntary contribution; experiment; envionmental objectives; multiple emission reductions; sub-optimization; linear programming; multivariate stochastic control; emission trading; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of four self-contained essays.Essay IThis essay reports on an experimental study of how voluntary contributions in a public good game are affected by framing. In the public good context, average wealth improves from contributions. In the defensive contexts, the voluntary contributions prevent reductions in average wealth. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Absent Entrepreneur : Exploring the Role of the Entrepreneur in Economics

    Author : Arvid Malm; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Bo Carlsson; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; entrepreneurship; education; income distribution; philanthropy; economics; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Economics as an academic discipline has often found it difficult to formally model the Entrepreneur. As Baumol (1968) noted, “The theoretical firm is entrepreneurless—the prince of Denmark has been expunged from the discussion of Hamlet. READ MORE

  6. 4. Learning at Work and Productivity in Swedish Business Firms : Based on the Swedish MEADOW Survey 2009/2010

    Author : Annette Nylund; Matti A. Kaulio; Annika Härenstam; Hans-Olof Hagén; Edward Lorenz; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; productivity; management; learning; competence; development; practices; at work; bundles; factor analysis; regression analysis; produktivitet; ledning; lärande; kompetens; utveckling; i arbete; grupper; praxis; bundles; faktoranalys; regressionsanalys; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

    Abstract : The background of the thesis is the ongoing struggle for better understanding of driving forces for economic growth. Some important and rewarding new steps have been taken the last decades in the research of economic growth theory. READ MORE

  7. 5. Genes, History and Economics

    Author : Björn Wallace; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : 1. Introduction This dissertation consists of six chapters that span a very diverse set of topics. Yet, it has two unifying themes, economics and biology, that tie it together. READ MORE