Search for dissertations about: "Special Interest Groups"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 swedish dissertations containing the words Special Interest Groups.
-
1. Interest Groups and Government Policy. A Political Economy Analysis
Abstract : Politics induce economic agents to organise into special interest groups (SIGs) and act strategically to adjust their economic decisions and to conduct rent-seeking activities in order do improve the situation inflicted on them by policy. This thesis examines, in four essays, different forms of SIG influence on public policy in different institutional contexts. READ MORE
-
2. Essays on Interest Groups and Trade Policy
Abstract : This thesis explores the relationship between domestic political processes and interindustry variations in unilateral and multilateral trade policies. The literature on endogenous protection is extended to account for the potential importance of information flows, to explore the consequences of adapting the analyses to political systems which differ from the American kind, and to build a framework suitable for empirical examination. READ MORE
-
3. The market for whom? Consumers in need of special support in the Swedish market system of education
Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to analyse and describe the market system of education for consumers in need of special support. Sweden in the beginning of the 1990s implemented a market system of education with the expectation that it will serve the interest of all consumers. READ MORE
-
4. Periodontal medicine : oral inflammatory conditions with special emphasis on immunological aspects
Abstract : Systemic effects of periodontal disease have been a subject of interest for the past century, with intense focus converging since the past decade. Both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and periodontal disease (PD) are immuno-inflammatory diseases with osteolysis as its hallmark feature. Activated T cells are known to modulate osteoclastogenesis. READ MORE
-
5. Hidden desires : Modelling sexual behaviour and the spread of sexually transmitted infections
Abstract : In this thesis we use statistical and mathematical models to study different sexual behaviours of relevance for the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Two groups of special interest for STI interventions are considered: sexually active youths and men who have sex with men (MSM). READ MORE