Search for dissertations about: "Positional Concerns"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Positional Concerns.

2. 1. Essays on Environmental and Behavioral Economics

   Author : Tewodros Tesemma; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental Policy; Fuel-efficient Vehicles; Power Outages; Intergenerational Transmission; Positional Concerns; Institutional Trust; Trust Game;

   Abstract : As developing countries strive to attain rapid economic growth and thereby reduce poverty, the ensuing climate change crisis is making it necessary for these countries to achieve the targeted economic growth through low-carbon footprint. This thesis investigates the roles of economic agents and their interactions in tackling the twin challenges of poverty reduction and climate change. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Development and Experimental Economics: Migration, Discrimination and Positional Concerns

   Author : Lisa Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; class; discrimination; Ethiopia; ethnicity; experiment; fixed effects; field experiment; housing market; gender; income comparison; migration; panel data; private inter-household transfers; propensity score matching; reference groups; remittances; subjective well-being;

   Abstract : Paper 1: A Field Experiment of Discrimination in the Norwegian Housing Market: Gender, Class, and Ethnicity We test for gender, class, and ethnic discrimination in the Norwegian rental housing market using fake application letters. Females, individuals with high job status, and ethnic Norwegians are more likely to receive positive responses. READ MORE

5. 3. Individual Preferences, Choices, and Risk Perceptions - survey based evidence

   Author : Elina Lampi; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; administrators; aircraft; airports; birth order; choice experiment; citizens; environmental policy; female infertility; free entrance; general risk; health care; information; media; museum; natural experiment; noise; only-child; optimistic bias; personal risk; positional concern; relative income; siblings; stated preferences; visitor composition.;

   Abstract : Paper 1 investigates how birth order and having siblings affect positional concerns in terms of success at work and of income. We find that only-children are the most positional, but that number of siblings increases the concern for their position among those who grew up together with siblings. READ MORE

6. 4. Two New Non-invasive Treatment Methods for Otitis Media with Effusion in Children and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Adults

   Author : Armin Bidarian-Moniri; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Otitis media with effusion; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Serous otitis media; Conservative non-invasive non-surgical treatment; Glue ear; Polygraphy; Autoinflation; Polysomnography; Valsalva; Positional therapy; Politzer; Supine lateral and prone positioning; Secretory otitis media; Sleep apnea;

   Abstract : Otitis media with effusion (OME) in children and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in adults are common conditions in medicine. Several surgical and non-surgical methods have been suggested for treatment of these diseases. READ MORE

7. 5. Neuromechanical basis of airflow-dependent antennal positioning in hawkmoths

   Author : Dinesh Natesan; Örjan Ekeberg; Sanjay P. Sane; Volker Dürr; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; insect antennae; antennal positioning; antennal hair plates; Böhm’s bristles; Johnston’s organs; control theory; hierarchical neural circuits; tuneable feedback loop; flexible reflexes; Computer Science; Datalogi;

   Abstract : Fast behaviors, seen in varied life forms, are often considered to be stereotypic and reflexive and the control neural circuits to be hard-wired. However, many such reflexes have been shown to respond in a context-dependent manner. READ MORE