Search for dissertations about: "Financial incentives"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 87 swedish dissertations containing the words Financial incentives.

  2. 1. Do Financial Incentives Make a Difference? : A Comparative Study of the Effects of Performance-Based Reimbursement in Swedish Health Care

    Author : Ewa Forsberg; Finn Kamper-Jörgensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Medical sciences; Financial incentives; efficiency; work environment; professional autonomy; leadership; cost awareness; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Social Medicine; socialmedicin;

    Abstract : Financial incentives have become important in health care all over the world. This thesis compares one council implementing a new payment system based on performance based reimbursement (PBR) with ten councils retaining an annual budget system. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on Financial Risks and the Subprime Crisis

    Author : Emanuel Alfranseder; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; GARCH; Spillover; Contagion; Financial Distress; Financial Constraints; Financial Crisis; Equity Premium; Doubt; Pessimism; ; Investment; Capital Structure; Bankruptcy Risk;

    Abstract : This thesis covers the impact of the financial crisis of 2007-2009, the non-linearity in the impact of bankruptcy risk on leverage and the effect of pessimism and doubt on the equity premium. It consists of four self-contained essays. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Incentives and Leadership

    Author : Martin Bech Holte; Torsten Persson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Incentives; Managers; Taxation; Career Concerns; Autocrats; Communism; Soft Budget Constraints; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : "Taxation, Career Concerns and CEO Pay". This paper proposes a simple dynamic model of equilibrium CEO compensation. READ MORE

  6. 4. Inputs and Incentives in Education

    Author : J. Lucas Tilley; Helena Holmlund; Olmo Silva; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adult education; human capital; performance incentives; school resources; student achievement; teacher credentials; teacher sorting; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I.  Educational interventions that increase the quality or quantity of school resources may have a limited impact on student achievement if students lack sufficient effort or motivation. A more effective way of raising achievement could be incentivizing students to perform well in school. READ MORE

  7. 5. Giving Executives Their Due: Just Pay, Desert, and Equality

    Author : Alexander Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Just pay; Desert; Equality; Incentives; CEO compensation; Maximum income policies; Egalitarianism; Financial ethics;

    Abstract : Before, during, and after the global financial crisis of 2008, executive pay practices were widely debated and criticized. Economists, philosophers, as well as the man on the street all seem to have strong feelings towards how much, in what ways, and on what grounds executives are paid. READ MORE