Search for dissertations about: "Transaction Costs"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 91 swedish dissertations containing the words Transaction Costs.

  2. 6. The exchange of cotton : Ugandan peasants, colonial market regulations and the organisation of international cotton trade, 1904-1918

    Author : Torbjörn Engdahl; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; cotton; market; organisation; buying-practices; transaction costs; colonial; regulation; policy implementation; Uganda; marketing channel; peasant; chief; middlemen; free-standing company; cotton exchange; international trade; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : Between 1904 and 1918, the British colonial administration in Uganda regulated the cotton industry in order to maintain and improve the quality of the exported cotton. The main topics of the dissertation are: Why were these regulations enacted and who initiated them? The dissertation analyses the impact of the organisation of the international cotton trade on the buying practices in the local Uganda cotton market. READ MORE

  4. 7. An Institutional Analysis of Insurance Regulation - The Case of Sweden

    Author : P Göran T Hägg; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Misguided Trust; Prime Move Problem; Trust-sensitive Contracts; The Economics of Trust; The Special Interest Theory; The Public Interest Theory; Transaction Costs; Institutional Theory; Insurance Regulation; Institutions; Reputation; Quality.; Actuarial science; Försäkring ej försäkringsrätt S137 ;

    Abstract : The thesis is a broad attempt to analyse economic forces behind, and economic rationales for, institutions that constrain the organisation and operation of insurance companies. The basic task is threefold: (i) to develop institutional theory by providing an outline of a transaction cost explanation of the origin of, and the rationale for, institutions that constrain the organisation and the operation of insurance organisations; (ii) to apply our institutional theory and explain recorded institutional structures in order to make them intelligible with respect to the contractual context in which they have been nested; and (iii) to appraise the explanatory power of our institutional theory with respect to conventional economic theories on the economics of public regulation. READ MORE

  5. 8. Risk, Time and Land Management under Market Imperfections: Applications to Ethiopia

    Author : Mahmud Yesuf; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; land degradation; market imperfections; transaction costs; soil conservation; fertilizer adoption; risk preference; time preference; experimental studies; Ethiopia;

    Abstract : This Ph.D. thesis addresses both theoretical and empirical issues pertaining to land management decisions of farm households in developing countries working under an imperfect market and institutional setting (with case studies from Ethiopia). READ MORE

  6. 9. Prospects for the Development of a One-Stop-Shop Business Model for Energy-Efficiency Renovations of Detached Houses in Sweden

    Author : Georgios Pardalis; Krushna Mahapatra; Brijesh Mainali; Giangiacomo Bravo; Henk Visscher; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Detached houses; Energy-efficiency renovations; Homeowners; Onestop-shop; Policy instruments; Renovation decisions; Supply-side actors; Transaction costs; Småhus; Energirenoveringar; Husägare; One-stop-shop; Policyinstrument; Renoveringsbeslut; Aktörer på utbudssidan; Transaktionskostnader; Byggteknik; Civil engineering; Sustainable Built Environment; Hållbar byggd miljö;

    Abstract : The building sector is the biggest energy user in the European Union (EU) and therefore, has an important role to play in meeting the energy and climate goals ofEU. In Sweden, more than 80% of the two million detached houses are more than 35 years of age. Energy efficiency renovation of those old houses can reduce primaryenergy use by 65% to 90%. READ MORE

  7. 10. Control and Rent-Seeking: The Role of the State in the Thai Cassava Industry

    Author : Somboon Siriprachai; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic history; Cassava; The Thai State; Transaction Costs; Rent-Seeking; New Institutional Economics; Ekonomisk och social historia;

    Abstract : What we can conclude from this study is that the state and the market are not perfect substitutes in allocating resources and sustaining economic development separately. The case of the Thai cassava industry seems to suggest that the Thai state is not benevolent, but predatory in nature. READ MORE