Search for dissertations about: "Government Consumption"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 73 swedish dissertations containing the words Government Consumption.
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1. Essays on Fiscal Policy, Private Consumption and Non-Stationary Panel Data
Abstract : In the first essay of this thesis, we examine whether the effects of fiscal expansions and contractions exert a symmetric influence on the relationship between fiscal policy and private consumption. Our results indicate a considerable asymmetry across fiscal expansions and contractions. READ MORE
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2. Testing and Applying Cointegration Analysis in Macroeconomics
Abstract : This thesis focuses on empirical applications and tests of macroeconomic theories. It consists of three fairly distinct essays, bound together by the common theme of the use of cointegration analysis in the empirical macroeconomic analysis. The first chapter is an introductory chapter, while chapter two, three and four contain the three essays. READ MORE
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3. A Beef with Meat : Media and Audience Framings of Environmentally Unsustainable Production and Consumption
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to identify potential routes of participation in environmentally sustainable changes of the Swedish meat production and consumption. Changes are needed as meat production and consumption have been linked to serious environmental problems, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and land use change. READ MORE
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4. Sustainable consumption for policymakers: measuring, learning and acting
Abstract : Current patterns and levels of consumption are a key driver of unsustainable resource use and pollution, which contributes to global environmental degradation. Rapid reductions in environmental pressures are required to avoid irreversible loss of fragile ecosystems and social and economic crises. Consumption must become sustainable. READ MORE
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5. From consumption to sharing: Generating knowledge to support urban governance of the sharing economy
Abstract : The increasing rates of household consumption and their environmental effects highlight the urgency of transitioning to more sustainable consumption patterns. The Sharing Economy (SE) has emerged as a potential pathway to sustainable consumption in cities, allowing households to access products without making private purchases. READ MORE