Search for dissertations about: "Contest"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 66 swedish dissertations containing the word Contest.

  2. 1. Fighting for Aid : Foreign Funding and Civil Conflict Intensity

    Author : Daniel Strandow; Magnus Öberg; Michael G. Findley; Kristian Skrede Gleditsch; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Aid; foreign aid; foreign assistance; relief; humanitarian; conflict; civil war; civil conflict; geographic concentration; intra-state; violence; military; contest; low-intensity; guerrilla; irregular; conventional; decision theory; contest success function; geo-coding; geo-referencing; territorial control; propensity score; Africa; South of the Sahara; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Abstract : This dissertation focuses on the sub-national impact of foreign aid on civil conflicts by asking the question: How does foreign aid committed to contested areas affect the intensity of violence in those areas? The main theoretical contribution is to focus on how aid influences warring parties’ decisions to engage in contests over territorial control and how that in turn influences violence intensity. The study introduces two concepts: funding concentration and barriers to exploiting aid. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on Environmental Regulation, Management and Conflict

    Author : Eric Sjöberg; Jonas Vlachos; Jonas Häckner; Jason Shogren; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental regulation; Law enforcement; Inverse demand estimation; Contest; Asymmetric information; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three different papers summarized as follows. In The political economy of environmental regulation, I study how enforcement of national environmental legislation differ across municipalities in Sweden depending on the local political situation. While the legislation is national, enforcement is decentralized. READ MORE

  5. 3. Using social norms in energy conservation interventions

    Author : Magnus Bergquist; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; intervention; social norm; contest; pro-environmental behavior;

    Abstract : When designing interventions to promote pro-environmental behaviors, practitioners may choose between techniques based on for example education, incentives, commitments, or social norms. These intervention techniques may, however, target different kinds of motivation, and therefore differ in their psychological and behavioral implications. READ MORE

  6. 4. Contested legitimacy: The shrimp sustainability case in Sweden

    Author : Laurence Wainwright; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; legitimacy; contest; actor; social license; seafood; shrimp; sustainability;

    Abstract : The world faces a plethora of serious challenges. The current SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, Australian bushfires of 2019−2020 and rapid decline in global fish stocks are just a few of numerous recent events which highlight the necessity and urgency of a reconceptualization of the relationship between economic systems, society and the natural world – and the norms that underpin these relationships. READ MORE

  7. 5. Improving the Utilization of Digital Services - Evaluating Contest-Driven Open Data Development and the Adoption of Cloud Services : Evaluating Contest-Driven Open Data Development and the Adoption of Cloud Services

    Author : Workneh Yilma Ayele; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; data- och systemvetenskap; Computer and Systems Sciences;

    Abstract : There is a growing interest in the utilization of digital services, such as software apps and cloud-based software services. The utilization of digital services enabled by ICT is increasing more rapidly than any other segment of the world trade. READ MORE