Search for dissertations about: "audit reform"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words audit reform.
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1. How does accounting and auditing regulations affect firm growth and cost of capital?
Abstract : This thesis provides an understanding of how new audit regulation affect firm growth and how audits affect the cost of capital. To investigate the effect of audit reforms on employment growth, we exploited a Swedish reform made in November 2010 that gave certain firms the option to opt out of previously imposed statutory audits. READ MORE
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2. Narratives of governing : rationalization, responsibility and resistance in social work
Abstract : For many years, Sweden has had a reputation for having a comprehensive and women friendly welfare state. However, as in many other European countries during the past few decades, the organization and governing of welfare has undergone profound changes. READ MORE
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3. Corporate Disclosures Regulations : Social Solution or a Problem?
Abstract : Regulations are argued to have the answer to solving various social and economic problems that society faces today (e.g., climate change, tax evasion, etc.). READ MORE
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4. Caring, Sharing, and Childbearing : Essays on Labor Supply, Infant Health, and Family Policies
Abstract : Essay I: I study the consequences on labor market outcomes and sick leave of having an elderly parent in need of care. Caring for an elderly parent may be associated with opportunity costs such as productivity loss on the labor market if informal caregivers are of working age. READ MORE
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5. Sick-listing - attitudes and doctors' practice : With special emphasis on sick-listing practice in primary health care
Abstract : The aim of this study was to describe attitudes and doctors' practice regarding the sick-listing process. Using a questionnaire distributed among newly sick-listed patients, their doctors,employers and officials at the National Health Insurance office it was found that the patients held a more positive view on the beneficial effects of sick-listing. READ MORE