Search for dissertations about: "INVESTMENT ACTIVITY"

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2. 1. Essays on Smallholder Diversification, Industry Location, Debt Relief, and Disability and Utility

   Author : Sven Tengstam; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Zambia; agriculture; income diversification; structural change; poverty; global clothing industry; new economic geography; comparative advantages; industrial agglomeration; HIPC; debt relief; debt overhang; investment; incentives; disability; mobility impairment; marginal utility; hypothetical lotteries; risk.;

   Abstract : Essay 1 Smallholder Income Diversification in Zambia: The Way Out of Poverty? This paper investigates the relationship between income diversification (combinations of farm income, agricultural wage work, non-agricultural wage work, and own-business income) and income within Zambian smallholder households. Shifting to a higher degree of diversification is found to be associated with getting higher income per laborer. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Conflict, Institutions, and Ethnic Diversity

   Author : Pelle Ahlerup; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil war; earthquakes; economic development; economic growth; ethnicity; ethnic diversity; government effectiveness; human origins; instrumental variables; investment; institutions; nationalism; nation-building; natural disasters; property rights; protectionism; social capital;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of five self-contained papers. Paper 1: Social Capital vs Institutions in the Growth Process Is social capital a substitute or a complement to formal institutions for achieving economic growth? Research on the impacts of social capital and formal institutions on economic development have so far mainly emerged as two distinct …elds. READ MORE

5. 3. Foreign Investment Decision-Making in Transition Economies

   Author : Olga Golubeva; Julio De Castro; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; FDI; transition economy; initial motivation or reasons for FDI; capital budgeting methods and investment decision criteria; investigation of investment climate and information collection methods; risk assessment and risk reduction measures; decision-making models; case studies; survey method; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The purpose of this project is to describe and explain the foreign investment decision process in the uncertain and turbulent environment of transition economy. By getting an in-depth understanding of how decision-making works in the environment of transition economy, the study intends to contribute to the development of business administration theory in the area of foreign investment decision-making, particularly its application in the turbulent and uncertain world. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on the Interplay between Multinational Enterprises and Spatial Economies

   Author : Simon Falck; Hans Westlund; Folke Snickars; Henrik Blomgren; Lars Westin; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Multinational Enterprises; Foreign Direct Investment; Firm location; Spillovers; Regional Development Policy and Analysis; Spatial Distributions of Economic Activity; Functional regions; Sweden;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis concerns the interplay between multinational enterprises (MNE) and spatial economies, with an orientation towards the location and spillover effects of inward foreign direct investments (FDI). The thesis consists of four essays that are self-contained studies. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy and Firm Heterogeneity

   Author : Claire Thürwächter; Per Krusell; Timo Boppart; Mathias Klein; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Macroeconomics; Monetary Economics; Monetary Policy Transmission; Firm Heterogeneity; Investment Frictions; High-frequency Identification; Granular Instrumental Variable; Corporate Debt; Corporate Leverage; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Firm Heterogeneity and Monetary Policy TransmissionThis paper studies sources of heterogeneity in the response of firm investment to monetary policy. I estimate firm-level semi-elasticities of investment to plausibly exogenous changes in interest rates for a comprehensive firm-level dataset for ten euro area countries. READ MORE