Search for dissertations about: "Wealth distribution"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 61 swedish dissertations containing the words Wealth distribution.

  2. 16. Risk Analysis of Intentional Electromagnetic Interference on Critical Infrastructures

    Author : Benjamin Donald Oakes; Sven Ove Hansson; Per Näsman; Mats Bäckström; Mathias Ekstedt; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Filosofi; Philosophy; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Abstract : Our modern society depends on the functioning and interplay of a wealth of infrastructures. Practicallyall of these infrastructures are in some form or another, dependent on electrical and electronicsystems. READ MORE

  4. 17. Essays in Macroeconomics and Household Finance

    Author : Richard Foltyn; Per Krusell; Kurt Mitman; Paolo Sodini; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Experience-based Learning, Stock Market Participation and Portfolio ChoiceRecent evidence suggests that lifetime experiences play an important role in determining households' investment choices. I incorporate these findings and the fact that household portfolios are underdiversified into an otherwise standard life-cycle model and examine to what extent they can help resolve long-standing puzzles in the literature regarding stock market participation and the fraction of financial wealth invested in risky assets. READ MORE

  5. 18. Nonfatal injuries in a local context - Analysing social structures and perceptions in young people

    Author : Richard Allan Dale; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; nonfatal injuries; socioeconomic structure; genus structure; alcohol culture; children s perceptions; children s explanations; young adults; near injury situations;

    Abstract : Background: Injuries are a common health problem in children and young people. The uneven distribution over gender and socioeconomic groups is partly explained by factors at both the individual and family levels, but sociocultural structures at the municipality level may contribute with yet unrecognised associations. READ MORE

  6. 19. Essays on Economic Growth, Inflation and Inequality

    Author : Markus Kondziella; Timo Boppart; Per Krusell; Joshua Weiss; Carolina Villegas-Sanchez; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic Growth; Inflation; Inequality; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Recent changes in firm dynamics and the nature of economic growthIn line with the US economy, market concentration and dispersion of revenue productivity within industries increased in Sweden from 1997-2017. I document a novel finding in administrative data that provides important insights about the trends: firm size and revenue productivity growth accelerated starting in the 1990s. READ MORE

  7. 20. Essays on Housing : tax treatment, prices, and macroeconomic implications

    Author : Markus Karlman; John Hassler; Per Krusell; Peter Englund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; macroeconomics; housing; house prices; mortgage interest deduction; marginal propensity to consume; welfare; heterogeneous agents; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Costly reversals of bad policies: the case of the mortgage interest deductionThis paper measures the welfare effects of removing the mortgage interest deduction under a variety of implementation scenarios. To this end, we build a life-cycle model with heterogeneous households calibrated to the U.S. READ MORE