Search for dissertations about: "Illegal behavior"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Illegal behavior.

  2. 1. Drugonomics : Industrial Organization of Illegal Drug Markets

    Author : Alberto J. Naranjo R.; Sten Nyberg; Yves Zenou; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Illegal behavior; law enforcement; conflict; drugs; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Insurgents, drug lords and anti-drug supply policies in the Andes. The United States has spent enormous resources on supply policies to decrease illegal drug production in the Andes and availability in the U.S. market. READ MORE

  4. 2. Social Dilemmas: The Role of Incentives, Norms and Institutions

    Author : Marcela Ibanez Diaz; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; portfolio model of crime; norms of behavior; choice experiment; field experiment; public goods; income heterogeneity; illegal drugs; Colombia;

    Abstract : The subject of this dissertation is social dilemmas. In a social dilemma situation, there is a clear incentive not to cooperate. However, if nobody cooperates, then everybody is worse off than if they had cooperated. The question we try to answer in this dissertation is what prevents non-cooperation. READ MORE

  5. 3. Alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm among young people : studies of the recent experience in Sweden

    Author : Johan Svensson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: The starting point for this thesis was the unexpected development in recent trends in youth drinking and harm in Sweden which seemed to question some basic assumptions of the total consumption model. For example, rapidly falling youth consumption and rising non-drinking rates were seen despite higher availability and increasing population drinking. READ MORE

  6. 4. Offenders with mental health problems and problematic substance use : treatment interventions and crime relapse

    Author : Natalie Durbeej; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: The relationships between problematic substance use, mental health problems and criminal behavior have been firmly established in research. Offenders with mental health problems and concurrent problematic substance use have high risk of reoffending and may display low rates of treatment retention. READ MORE

  7. 5. Indirect Exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights By Corporations and Investors: IP Privateering & Modern Letters of Marque & Reprisal

    Author : Thomas Ewing; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; equity; non-practicing entity NPE ; innovation system; unclean hands; indirect exploitation; Intellectual property IP ; patent troll; patent misuse; privateer; intellectual property right IPR ; patent; operating company; tortious interference; corporate formalism; antitrust; investor; competition;

    Abstract : Competitive pressures and rent-seeking behaviors have motivated companies and investors to develop indirect techniques for beneficially exploiting third-party intellectual property rights (IPRs) that qualitatively depart from the slate of direct exploitation tools whose usage has been honed during the past 30 years of the pro-patent era. Companies have increasingly realized that they do not need to create IPRs themselves to exploit them beneficially, which has been the conventional usage pattern. READ MORE