Search for dissertations about: "Spillovers"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 77 swedish dissertations containing the word Spillovers.

2. 21. On inter-industry relatedness and regional economic development

   Author : Kadri Kuusk; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic geography; relatedness; regional economic development; structural change; agglomeration economies; knowledge spillovers; labour mobility; path development; Sweden; innovation; economic growth; related variety; related diversification; regional growth; evolutionary economic geography; labour market;

   Abstract : The dissertation aims to advance our understanding about the role of local industry structure in regional economic development. More specifically, it investigates how relatedness between local industries (i.e. similarities in what kind of knowledge industries use) contributes to and constrains regional economic development. READ MORE

4. 22. The impact of competition and innovation on firm performance

   Author : Andreas Poldahl; Lars Lundberg; Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall; Leo Grünfeld; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TFP growth; R D; R D spillovers; Competition; Absorptive capacity; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This PhD thesis consists of four papers analyzing the impact of competition and innovation on Swedish manufacturing firms’ performance. Paper [I] (co-authored with Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall) analyse determinants of firm R&D using matched Swedish employer-employee data spanning the period 1990-1999. READ MORE

5. 23. Essays on corporate risk, U.S. business cycles, international spillovers of stock returns, and dual listing

   Author : Iryna Ivaschenko; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays on the various topics in finance. The first essay, The Information Content of The Systematic Risk Structure of Corporate Yields for Future Real Activity: An Exploratory Empirical Investigation, constructs a proxy for the systematic component of the risk structure of corporate yields (or systematic risk structure), and tests how well it predicts real economic activity in the United States. READ MORE

6. 24. Essays on Economic Behaviour: HIV/AIDS, Schooling, and Inequality

   Author : Annika Lindskog; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Africa; Malawi; Ethiopia; HIV AIDS; Inequality; Fertility; Mortality; Education; Within-household spillovers; Credit constraints; Diversification; Uncertainty; Redistribution; Fairness;

   Abstract : Paper 1: Economic Inequality and HIV in Malawi To analyze if the spread of HIV is related to economic inequality we estimate multilevel models of the individual probability of HIV infection among young Malawian women. We find a positive association between HIV infection and inequality at both the neighbourhood and district levels, but no effect of individual poverty. READ MORE

7. 25. University-Industry Educational Collaboration : Knowledge spillovers and spillins through student-written cases and MSc theses

   Author : Carl-Johan Asplund; Innovation; []
   Keywords : University-Industry collaboration; University-Industry Educational collaboration; Knowledge spillover; knowledge spilling; Knowledge transfer; Collaborative capabilities;

   Abstract : Most companies and organizations are primarily interested in universities' educational activities and to a lesser extent in universities' research activities. Against this background, it is strange that the research on collaboration between universities and the surrounding society is primarily directed towards research collaboration between universities and companies/organizations and to a lesser extent towards educational collaboration between universities and companies/organizations. READ MORE