Search for dissertations about: "Local governments"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 141 swedish dissertations containing the words Local governments.

  2. 1. Local public expenditure : Equality, quality and growth

    Author : Emelie Värja; Linda Andersson; Lars Hultkrantz; Niklas Jakobsson; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sports; growth; spatial econometrics; day activity service programs; intellectual disabilities; regional differences; local expenditure; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The focus of this dissertation is local government expenditure, where growth, quality, and equality is in the center of attention Essay 1: Sports and Local Growth in Sweden: Is a Sports Team Good for Local Economic Growth? The purpose of Essay 1 is to analyzethe effect of professional sports on the municipality’s tax base. I find no indications of a positive effect on the growth rate of per capita income from having a team in the top series. READ MORE

  4. 2. Experimental Governance : Capacity and legitimacy in local governments

    Author : Erica Eneqvist; Andrew Karvonen; Hans Westlund; Kersti Karltorp; Annica Kronsell; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Experimental governance; legitimacy; municialities; democracy; organisational capacity; capacity-building; local government; public sector innovation; Urbana och regionala studier; Urban and Regional Studies;

    Abstract : Contemporary planning and governance of cities involves practices of experiments and trials in urban experiments, collaborative platforms, and urban development projects with high ambitions for sustainability and innovative solutions. These practices of experimental governance can be seen as new policy instruments that include actors from all sectors of society in collective problem-solving. READ MORE

  5. 3. Communicating professional perspectives : local governments and spatial planning for sustainability

    Author : Sylvia Dovlén; Folke Snickars; Kimmo Lapintie; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; spatial planning practice; planning theory; local government; sustainable development; ecology and economy; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

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  6. 4. Local employment policy : a study on the properties of intermunicipal rivalry

    Author : Christopher Sardelis; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Rivalry among local governments (e.g. municipalities) regarding protection and expansion of local labor markets by means of costly policy programs is modeled as a non-cooperative game. READ MORE

  7. 5. Strategic Interactions among Swedish Local Governments

    Author : Karin Edmark; Matz Dahlberg; Sören Blomquist; Jan Brueckner; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Economics; Strategic Interactions; Spatial Interactions; Tax Competition; Welfare Competition; Fiscal Federalism; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1 (with Matz Dahlberg) investigates if local governments react on the welfare benefit levels in neighbouring jurisdictions when setting their own benefit levels. The IV estimates indicate that there exists a "race-to-the-bottom" and that the effect is economically as well as statistically significant. READ MORE