Search for dissertations about: "Per Selin"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Per Selin.

  2. 1. Developing strategic competence in oral interaction in English as a foreign language. A classroom study

    Author : Per Selin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Variation theory; Learning Study; English as a foreign language; oral interaction; teacher as researcher;

    Abstract : The teaching and learning of English as a foreign language can be studied by analysing a large amount of results (from the national tests, for example) over a long period of time. It can also be studied from the teacher's point of view by conducting deep-level anthropological research. READ MORE

  4. 2. Four Empirical Essays on Responses to Income Taxation

    Author : Håkan Selin; Sören Blomquist; Per Johansson; Arthur van Soest; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay I (with Jukka Pirttilä) uses a representative panel of taxpayers from the 1993 Finnish tax reform to measure how overall taxable income and the relative shares of capital income and labour income reacted to the reform. READ MORE

  5. 3. Experimental studies of the regulations of synthesis and release of tissue-type plasminogen activator from vascular endothelium

    Author : Lena Selin Sjögren; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; tissue-type plasminogen activator; endothelium; fluid mechanical forces; shear stress; pressure; immunohistochemistry; gene expression;

    Abstract : The fibrinolytic system has several important functions and one crucial function is the prevention and removal of fibrin deposits in blood vessels. Tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) plays a key role in this process, and in vitro data suggest that an acute release of t-PA is induced as a thromboprotective response whenever clotting mechanisms are initiated. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Pensions, Retirement and Tax Evasion

    Author : Johannes Hagen; Sören Blomquist; Håkan Selin; Monika Bütler; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pensions; retirement; annuity; annuity puzzle; adverse selection; pension reform; instrumental variable; health; health care; mortality; tax evasion; engel curves; consumption; self-employment; permanent income; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: This essay provides an overview of the history of the Swedish pension system. Starting with the implementation of the public pension system in 1913, it outlines the key components of each major pension reform up until today along with a discussion of the main trade-offs and concerns that policy makers have faced. READ MORE

  7. 5. Two Essays in Public Economics

    Author : Dingquan Miao; Spencer Bastani; Thomas Giebe; Tomas Sjögren; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of two self-contained essays. Essay I. I compute how optimal income tax schedules optimally should be differentiated between immigrants and natives. I use a calibrated optimal tax model with heterogeneous labor supply elasticities across and within groups and employ Utilitarian and Rawlsian social welfare functions. READ MORE