Search for dissertations about: "Adjustment costs"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 65 swedish dissertations containing the words Adjustment costs.

  2. 16. Essays in Industry Dynamics on Imperfectly Competitive Markets

    Author : Florin G. Maican; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; industry dynamics; imperfect competition; dynamic oligopoly model; productivity dynamics; service markets; structural estimation; R D; IT services; retail food;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirical essays on imperfectly competitive markets. Entry of large (“big-box”) stores along with a drastic fall in the total number of stores is a striking trend in retail markets. The first essay uses a dynamic structural model to estimate total factor productivity in retail. READ MORE

  4. 17. Studies in credit constraints and economic behavior

    Author : Sara Lindberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1 (with Sten Hansen) investigates the effects of financial deregulation in the mid 1980s inSweden on the investment behavior of firms. READ MORE

  5. 18. Asymmetry and multiscale dynamics in macroeconomic time series analysis

    Author : Olivier Habimana; Pär Sjölander; Kristofer Månsson; Guglielmo Maria Caporale; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three independent articles preceded by an introductory chapter. The first two articles focus on exchange rate dynamics in emerging market and developing economies, taking into account nonlinearities and asymmetries which are relevant for these countries and are potentially due to (i) transaction costs and other market frictions, and (ii) official intervention in the foreign exchange market. READ MORE

  6. 19. Transportation asset management : Quality related accounting, measurements and use in road management processes

    Author : Berth Jonsson; Hans Lind; Lars Westin; KTH; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Today there are shortcomings in monitoring, control, analyses, learning and reporting of the results of activities and operations in the road management processes. There are also shortcomings in transparency and verifiability, in knowledge of road management’s costs and life cycle costs, of the road capital’s standard and condition and in measures of quality deficiency costs, productivity and maintenance backlog. READ MORE

  7. 20. Diabetes mellitus, socioeconomy and self-rated health : population-based studies in cohorts registered in the diabetes incidence study in Sweden

    Author : Pia Maria Jonsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Diabetes mellitus; economics; quality of life; patient satisfaction; female gender; Sweden;

    Abstract : The studies presented in this thesis analyzed the impact of diabetes mellitus on socioeconomy and selfrated health, focusing on how the consequences of diabetes develop during the first decade after the diagnosis. The Diabetes Incidence Study in Sweden, DISS, prospectively registers all incid ent cases of diabetes in the age group 15 to 34 years; approximately 400 new cases per year, of whom 65 percent are men and 35 percent women. READ MORE