Search for dissertations about: "business lobbying"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words business lobbying.
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11. Radio Spectrum Management in the European Union
Abstract : This thesis work was conducted to explain how the radio spectrum is managed in the European Union (EU). The radio spectrum is the natural resource which makes modern wireless communication possible. Like other natural resources, the radio spectrum is managed by nations within their national territories. READ MORE
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12. Essays on political economy, information, and welfare
Abstract : This dissertation consists of three essays. Essay 1: Lobbying, Information, and Private and Social Welfare. Lobbying is potentially welfare improving if it is a form of information transmission. This essay studies when and for whom this is the case. READ MORE
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13. Land Taxation, Lobbies and Technological Change: Internalizing environmental externalities
Abstract : We study the effect of a land tax on agricultural land on the allocation of land between agriculture and forestry, and on damages from agriculture. Land is used in the production of agricultural and forestry goods, and we assume that two lobbies attempt to influence the government while it sets the tax. READ MORE
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14. Essays in Political Economics and Public Finance
Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1: This paper first extends a recently developed nonparametric approach to estimate labor supply (Blomquist and Newey 2002) to handle the case when there are individuals that do not work. The extension makes it possible to sort out responses on the participation and hour margins. READ MORE
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15. Essays on the Political Economy of Land Use Change
Abstract : This thesis consists of three articles. The two first ones construct theoretical models for land use change between agriculture and forestry in the presence of lobbies representing both sectors. The third article tests empirically the hypothesis forwarded in the first essay. READ MORE