Search for dissertations about: "Random utility model"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words Random utility model.

  2. 11. Water and Health in Egypt: An Empirical Analysis

    Author : Hala Abou-Ali; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child mortality; Choice experiment; Contingent Valuation Method; Discrete choice; Elasticity; Egypt; Health; Household environment; Marginal effects; Transition models; Unobserved heterogeneity; Water and sanitation; Wealth; Willingness to pay.;

    Abstract : This thesis is an empirical work dealing with water issues in Egypt where the emphasis is put on the analysis of the relationship: inadequate water quality and health impacts. The first chapter includes a general discussion of water resources in Egypt and other developing countries. READ MORE

  4. 12. Feedback learning and multiple goal pursuit in an electricity consumption task

    Author : Mona Guath; Peter Juslin; Ulrike Hahn; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; feedback; multiple goal pursuit; function learning; electricity consumption; optimisation;

    Abstract : The overall aim with the thesis was to investigate how learning to pursue two conflicting goals (cost and utility) in an electricity consumption task is affected by different forms of feedback, goal phrasing, and task environment. Applied research investigating the efficiency of outcome feedback on electricity consumption via in-home displays points at modest reductions (2-4%). READ MORE

  5. 13. Transport, Mobility, and Workplace Location : Models and Applications

    Author : Fatemeh Naqavi; Muriel Beser Hugosson; Nathalie Picard; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Transportsystem; Transport Systems;

    Abstract : Travel demand analysis is one of the core constituents of transportation studies. Therequired insight to maintain and develop a sustainable transportation system, in additionto learning from previous research globally and locally, is generated from studyingthe effects of previous policies, investigating future possibilities and potential outcomes,and describing the current situation. READ MORE

  6. 14. Four essays on spatial modelling and welfare analysis

    Author : Anders Karlström; KTH; []
    Keywords : TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : There are two different econometric approaches used in thisthesis, random utility econometrics and spatialeconometrics. Random utility econometrics has become an increasinglyimportant tool in transportation, labour economics, housingeconomics, non-market valuation, resource and environmentaleconomics. READ MORE

  7. 15. Economic Analyses of Drinking Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries

    Author : Therése Hindman; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomisk teori; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; economic policy; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; Discrete Choice; Welfare; Child Health; Water and Sanitation; Household Demand; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Public health; epidemiology; Folkhälsa; epidemiologi; Environmental health; Miljömedicin;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on different aspects of household demand, and the determinants of demand, for water and sanitation related inputs fundamental to the households' well-being, i.e. drinking water and toilet facilities. The thesis consists of five chapters, one introductory chapter and four self-contained, essentially empirical, studies. READ MORE