Search for dissertations about: "Matz Dahlberg"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words Matz Dahlberg.

  2. 1. Essays on Estimation Methods and Local Public Economics

    Author : Matz Dahlberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  4. 2. 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

  5. 3. Essays on Urban Economics

    Author : Ina Blind; Matz Dahlberg; Olof Åslund; Christine Whitehead; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Infrastructure investment; commuting; job access; public transit; labor market outcomes; migration; residential sorting; residential segregation; housing mix; tenure type mix; mosques; call to prayer; house prices; neighborhood dynamics; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1 (with Olof Åslund and Matz Dahlberg): In this essay we investigate the impact of commuter train access on individual labor market outcomes. READ MORE

  6. 4. Immigration and the Neighborhood : Essays on the Causes and Consequences of International Migration

    Author : Henrik Andersson; Matz Dahlberg; Per Engström; Albert Saiz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Immigration; Neighborhood; Refugees; Asylum policy; Ethnic enclaves; Native migration; Housing prices; Self-employment; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1 (with Kristoffer Jutvik): This paper uses quasi-experimental evidence to understand how changes in migration policy affect the number of asylum seekers. We look specifically at a sudden, regulatory change in the Swedish reception of Syrian asylum seekers. READ MORE

  7. 5. Empirical Essays in Political and Public Economics

    Author : Heléne Lundqvist; Matz Dahlberg; Eva Mörk; Michael Smart; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political careers; Ethnic heterogeneity; Income redistribution; Fiscal federalism; Intergovernmental grants; Public employment; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. Essay 1: Despite the key role played by political payoffs in theory, very little is known empirically about the types of payoffs that motivate politicians. The purpose of this paper is to bring light onto this. I estimate causal effects of being elected in a local election on monetary returns. READ MORE