Search for dissertations about: "Economic indicators"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 189 swedish dissertations containing the words Economic indicators.

  2. 1. Stable Media in the Age of Revolutions : Depictions of Economic Matters in British and Swedish State Newspapers, 1770–1820

    Author : Sarah Linden Pasay; Göran Rydén; Jonas Lindström; Joachim Östlund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic language; Sweden; Britain; newspapers; public sphere; embeddedness; Enlightenment; modernity; London Gazette; Post- och Inrikes Tidningar; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : The dissertation examines how economic matters were depicted between 1770 and 1820 in two European kingdoms. Britain and Sweden are studied during this Age of Revolutions from the state’s perspective; state-managed newspapers are examined, one from Britain, the London Gazette, and two from Sweden, Stockholms Post-Tidningar and Inrikes Tidningar. READ MORE

  4. 2. Markov Regime Switching in Economic Time Series

    Author : Ulf Erlandsson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; forecasting; Markov switching; exchange rates; interest rates; business cycle; economic policy; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; currency crisis;

    Abstract : This dissertation studies statistical properties and applications of the Markov switching models for economic time series in five separate papers. The two main statistical themes are (i) the task of choosing the number of states to use in the model, and (ii) inference on time-varying transition probabilities. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on: Application of Cross Sectional Efficiency Analysis

    Author : Jonas Månsson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; quality indicators; omitted variables; reference units; competition; identification; ownership; Technical efficiency; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three different essays, all of which have arisen from a practical problem. In the first essay, “Technical efficiency and ownership: The case of booking centers in the Swedish Taxi Market” the purpose is to examine the question of competition on an equal basis between privately and publicly owned booking centers in the Swedish taxi market. READ MORE

  6. 4. Long-term Environmental Problems, Economic Measures and Physical Indicators

    Author : Christian Azar; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; stability analysis; discounting; environmental debt; sustainability; intergenerational; weight factors; population dynamics; the greenhouse effect; economics; indicators;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five papers and an introduction dealing with various aspects of the use of environmental resources. In both Paper I, The marginal cost of CO2 emissions, and Paper II, Discounting and distributional considerations in the context of global warming, we analyse the economics of the greenhouse effect. READ MORE

  7. 5. Welfare, Security and the Level of Fertility: A Global Analysis, 1985 and 1995

    Author : Edgar Iglesias; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic history; female-male inequalities.; breastfeeding; marriage; fertility; contraceptive use; Ekonomisk och social historia;

    Abstract : Aims: This study aims to find an explanation for differentials in the level of fertility through the analysis of the recent data of seventy-eight developed and developing countries. The main approach adopted is the specification of a macroeconomic interdependent model testing hypotheses within an institutional point of view. READ MORE