Search for dissertations about: "Firm behaviour"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 56 swedish dissertations containing the words Firm behaviour.

  2. 21. Essays on International Trade : Theory and Evidence on the Determinants and Implications of Firms' Import Behaviour

    Author : Evangelia Pateli; Rikard Forslid; Anders Åkerman; Philippe Martin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international trade; extensive margins of trade; international sourcing; hierarchical sorting; information spillovers; devaluations; intermediate import dependence; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis aspires to further contribute to our understanding of both the determinants as well as the implications of intermediate goods trade. Faced with intensifying global competition, firms are increasingly developing their production process and their sourcing strategies beyond national borders in order to take advantage of lower costs, superior quality and technological advances. READ MORE

  4. 22. Essays in Crime, Labour, and Credit Markets

    Author : Christofer Schroeder; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis in Economics consists of three chapters.  “Real Effects of Credit Supply Shocks: Evidence from Danish Banks, Firms, and Workers” exploits a large and novel dataset constructed from Danish administrative and tax records to estimate the effect of shocks to firms’ credit supply on firm and worker level outcomes. READ MORE

  5. 23. Impacts of Climate Policy and Natural Disasters: Evidence from China

    Author : Ruijie Tian; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; carbon pricing; directed technological change; innovation; heterogeneous firms; independence property; transaction costs; emissions reduction; allowances; production networks; resilience; diversification; shock transmission; supply chains; natural disasters;

    Abstract : The last decade has seen heightened interest in carbon pricing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions responsible for anthropogenic climate change. Over the past decade, China–responsible for over a quarter of global carbon emissions–has aimed to reduce its emissions through an ambitious Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) which charges certain firms for the greenhouse gases they emit. READ MORE

  6. 24. Vertical Trade

    Author : Anna Andersson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Trade in intermediate inputs; fragmentation; private standards; rules of origin; duration;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three separate papers. They are all empirical papers that examine how fragmentation of production processes and global value chains have affected international trade patterns. The first paper focuses on how private standards in the increasingly geographically fragmented food sector affect firm-import behaviour. READ MORE

  7. 25. Exports and Externalities

    Author : Björn Thor Arnarson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International Trade incl. trade agreements tariffs ; Multi-Product Firms; spillovers; Services; product complementarity;

    Abstract : This thesis, Exports and Externalities consists of three papers. The first chapter, Bridging Trade Barriers: Evaluating Models of Multi-Product Exporters, evaluates empirically the theoretical predictions of several models of multi-product exporters. READ MORE