Search for dissertations about: "Japan economic growth"

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2. 1. Interest Groups and Government Policy. A Political Economy Analysis

   Author : Fredrik CA Andersson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonomisk politik; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonometri; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; Special Interest Groups; Lobbying; Labour Unions; Information; Growth; Inequality; Corporatism; Campaign Contributions;

   Abstract : Politics induce economic agents to organise into special interest groups (SIGs) and act strategically to adjust their economic decisions and to conduct rent-seeking activities in order do improve the situation inflicted on them by policy. This thesis examines, in four essays, different forms of SIG influence on public policy in different institutional contexts. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on growth and environment

   Author : Catia Cialani; Thomas Aronsson; Karl-Gustaf Löfgren; Patrik Söderholm; Högskolan Dalarna; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; genuine saving; welfare change; taxation; per capita GDP; per capita CO2; international trade; net migration; unemployment; growth; inequality.; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis; Komplexa system - mikrodataanalys;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of a summary and four self-contained papers.Paper [I] Following the 1987 report by The World Commission on Environment and Development, the genuine saving has come to play a key role in the context of sustainable development, and the World Bank regularly publishes numbers for genuine saving on a national basis. READ MORE

5. 3. Evaluating Asset-Pricing Models in International Financial Markets

   Author : Fadi Zaher; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; financial science; economic policy; economic theory; economic systems; econometrics; Hansen-Jagannathan boundsequity premium puzzle; Forecasting methods; asset-pricing models; Economics; bootstrap; short-sales constraint; ekonomisk politik; finansiering; ekonomiska system; nationalekonomi; ekonometri; Hansen-Jagannathan bounds; ekonomisk teori; Business and economics; Ekonomi; Humanities and Social sciences; Humaniora-samhällsvetenskap; ekonomisk politik; Financial science; Finansiering; ekonomiska system; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; economic theory; economic systems; econometrics; Hansen-Jagannathan bounds; equity premium puzzle; Forecasting methods; asset-pricing models; ekonomisk teori; Economics; bootstrap.; short-sales constraint;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three empirical studies on asset-prices in international financial markets. The purpose is three-fold. First, to evaluate whether good predictions of economic variables may be obtained by pooling information from a broad group of financial variables. READ MORE

6. 4. Macroeconomic Studies on Fiscal Policy and Real Exchange Rates

   Author : Göran Hjelm; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; econometrics; economic theory; Total factor productivity; Economics; Real exchange rates; Structural VAR models; Partisan models; Fiscal policy; Fiscal contractions; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

   Abstract : This thesis contains four empirical macroeconomic studies and the papers may briefly be summarized as follows. In the first paper, we use both descriptive statistics and regression analysis to investigate whether movements in real exchange rates and money supply before and during fiscal contractions matter for the macroeconomic outcome. READ MORE

7. 5. Land Matters : Agrofuels, Unequal Exchange, and Appropriation of Ecological Space

   Author : Kenneth Hermele; Humanekologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Land; Agrofuels; Ecologically unequal exchange; Environmental load displacement; Land grabbing; Malthus; Brazil; Ethanol; Resource wars; Land Use change; Indirect land use change;

   Abstract : As a global society we are entering an era where land areas and land-based resources are coming to the fore once again for capital accumulation and economic growth, for the first time since the end of the 18th century when Malthus forecasted a contradiction between population growth and agricultural output. That constraint on economic growth, imposed by limited land areas, was overcome by the combination of fossil fuels (coal, oil) and appropriation of space overseas (colonialism, trade). READ MORE