Search for dissertations about: "Empirical"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 5025 swedish dissertations containing the word Empirical.

  2. 16. Essays in Empirical Expectations

    Author : Daniel Ekeblom; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Survey; Inflation; Expectations; Entrepreneur; Information; Communication;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates survey expectations from the Economic Tendency Survey for households, provided by the Swedish National Institute of Economic Research, for the years 1995-2011. The first chapter relates a part of the research literature to the overall purpose of the thesis, which is to investigate rational properties of empirical expectations. READ MORE

  4. 17. Nitrogen land-sea fluxes in the Baltic Sea catchment : Empirical relationships and budgets

    Author : Hanna Eriksson Hägg; Christoph Humborg; Carl-Magnus Mörth; Hans Borg; Sybil Seitzinger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Nitrogen fluxes; Baltic Sea; primary emissions; riverine export; Scenario analysis; climate change; animal protein consumption; fertilizer use; Environmental chemistry; Miljökemi; Applied Environmental Science; tillämpad miljövetenskap;

    Abstract : In this thesis empirical relationships and modeling tools are used to describe the relationship between human activities and meso- and large scale riverine N fluxes from land to sea. On a large scale Paper I showed that by only having knowledge about human population size and runoff one can estimate the riverine export of DIN (r2= 0.76). READ MORE

  5. 18. Studies in empirical macroeconomics

    Author : Tomas Lindström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis includes four self-contained essays:ESSAY I search for structural breaks in the financial sector share of seven major OECD countries and relate them to changes in GDP growth and savings. The event pattern of these macro series are classified and weighted by typicities. READ MORE

  6. 19. Essays on Empirical Macroeconomics

    Author : Martin W Johansson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; structural breaks.; output volatility; threshold autoregression; fiscal policy; real exchange rates; Aggregate consumption; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

    Abstract : The first essay reexamines the proposed presence of so-called loss aversion in aggregate consumption. Recent empirical and theoretical studies have suggested, that consumption growth reacts asymmetrically to positive and negative expected income growth. READ MORE

  7. 20. Assessment of Support Interventions in Dementia : Methodological and Empirical Studies

    Author : Jenny Alwin; Jan Persson; Barbro Krevers; Lars-Åke Levin; Wija Oortwijn; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Dementia means a continuous deterioration of abilities and has a large impact on the persons affected as well as on family members and others close to the persons with dementia. Interventions aimed at this population in order to support and alleviate the often straining situation may be of great importance. READ MORE