Search for dissertations about: "regulatory reform"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words regulatory reform.
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1. How does accounting and auditing regulations affect firm growth and cost of capital?
Abstract : This thesis provides an understanding of how new audit regulation affect firm growth and how audits affect the cost of capital. To investigate the effect of audit reforms on employment growth, we exploited a Swedish reform made in November 2010 that gave certain firms the option to opt out of previously imposed statutory audits. READ MORE
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2. Regulatory Reforms, Railway Organisation and Cost Efficiency - A Study of the Swedish Model
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3. Organizing for efficiency : Essays on merger policies, independence of authorities, and technology diffusion
Abstract : Institutions are fundamentally sets of rules in a society that help create stability. Organizations are groups of people who may share the same goal. Changes in organizations and institutions will have large effects on the performance of economies. READ MORE
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4. The accidental deregulation : essays on reforms in the Swedish bus and railway industries 1979-2009
Abstract : The Swedish bus and railway sectors have been recognised as important early cases of regulatory reforms that led to both vertical and horizontal disintegration as well as market-opening. This thesis investigates the origin and evolution of these reforms from 1979 to 2009, focussing on the markets for passenger services. READ MORE
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5. Three faces of HELCOM - institution, organization, policy producer
Abstract : Despite early initiatives during the 1960s and 1970s, and continuing efforts ever since, the Baltic Sea remains in poor condition. The Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) is the governing body tasked with protecting the marine environment from further deterioration through intergovernmental collaboration between the Baltic Sea states and the EU. READ MORE