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Found 2 swedish dissertations matching the above criteria.

  1. 1. Environmental Regulation and Firm Efficiency

    Author : Per-Olov Marklund; Runar Brännlund; Shawna Grosskopf; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This study is entitled Environmental Regulation and Firm Efficiency. It provides an empirical analysis of how environmental policy may have affected the Swedish pulp industry. The main purpose is to test the Porter hypothesis concerning the impacts of environmental regulation on producer efficiency. READ MORE

  2. 2. Essays on Productive Efficiency, Shadow Prices, and Human Capital

    Author : Per-Olov Marklund; Thomas Aronsson; Chuan-Zhong Li; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; directional output distance function; Porter hypothesis; Burden-Sharing Agreement; Producer Responsibility Ordinance; Output of the educational sector; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five papers, four of them basically concerning environmental issues, while the fifth paper addresses the issue of measuring output from the educational sector. The first paper starts from the fact that industrial activity causes environmental damage. READ MORE