Search for dissertations about: "business lobbying"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words business lobbying.

  2. 6. State and industrial actions to influence consumer behavior

    Author : Erik Brockwell; Runar Brännlund; Robert Lundmark; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Taxation; legislation; regulation; health; environment; tobacco; alcohol; petroleum; electricity; gas; sugar; consumption; prices; signaling effect; almost ideal demand system; public policy; panel data; media expenditure; lobbying; vector error correction model; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an introductory part and three papers.Paper [I] examines how taxes affect consumption of commodities that are detrimental to health and the environment. READ MORE

  4. 7. Essays on agricultural and environmental policy

    Author : Thomas Jonsson; Thomas Aronsson; Panu Poutvaara; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; agricultural policy; political economy; income and commodity taxation; economic federation; environmental policy; lobbying; cooperatives; market power; policy cooperation; distortionary taxes; labor market; Nash game; Stackelberg game; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of a summary and four papers. The first two papers address political economy and indus-trial organization aspects of agricultural policy, and the last two international aspects of environmental policy. READ MORE

  5. 8. Interest Groups and Government Policy. A Political Economy Analysis

    Author : Fredrik CA Andersson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonomisk politik; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonometri; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; Special Interest Groups; Lobbying; Labour Unions; Information; Growth; Inequality; Corporatism; Campaign Contributions;

    Abstract : Politics induce economic agents to organise into special interest groups (SIGs) and act strategically to adjust their economic decisions and to conduct rent-seeking activities in order do improve the situation inflicted on them by policy. This thesis examines, in four essays, different forms of SIG influence on public policy in different institutional contexts. READ MORE

  6. 9. Environmental policy and transboundary externalities : coordination and commitment in open economies

    Author : Lars Persson; Tomas Sjögren; Thomas Aronsson; Luca Micheletto; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; environmental policy; transboundary externalities; lobbying; international negotiations; policy coordination; endogenous world-market prices; optimal taxation; economic federation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four papers, which relate to environmental policy in the presence of transboundary environmental damage. Paper [I] concerns public policy in a multi-jurisdiction framework with transboundary environmental damage. READ MORE

  7. 10. Essays on the Political Economy of Protection and Industrial Location

    Author : Magnus Wiberg; Rikard Forslid; Pascalis Raimondos-Møller; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic geography; Trade policy; Political economy; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays in the fields of the political economy of international trade.Location Equilibrium with Endogenous Rent Seeking:This paper analyzes the location of manufacturing activities when regional policy is determined by endogenous rent seeking. READ MORE