Search for dissertations about: "business sector development related on economic growth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words business sector development related on economic growth.

2. 1. Bioenergy, pollution, and economic growth

   Author : Mattias Ankarhem; Runar Brännlund; David Stern; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Forest sector; Forest fuels; Dynamic factor demand; Adjustment costs; Economic growth; Pollution; Environmental Kuznets curve; Shadow price; Distance function; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers: two of them deal with the effects on the forest sector of an increase in the demand for forest fuels, and two of them concern the relation between economic growth and pollution. Paper [I] is a first, preliminary study of the potential effects on the Swedish forest sector of a continuing rise in the use of forest resources as a fuel in energy generation. READ MORE

4. 2. Before the "European Miracles". Four Essays on Swedish Preconditions for Conquest, Growth, andVoice

   Author : Erik Örjan Emilsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; aristocracy; agrarian history; comparative history; Early Modern Sweden; economic dynamics; evolutionary social science theories; institutional theories; jurisdictional system; lawspeakers lagmän ; Medieval Sweden; parliamentary politics; peasant categories; peasant rebellions; political contestation; political representation; property taxations; Sweden’s Great Power Age; theories of feudalism; transition to capitalism;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four studies that further develop the perspectives introduced in the author’s licential dissertation, Sweden and the European Miracles: Conquest, Growth and Voice (1996). The dynamic properties of the European system of independent but interacting societies are traced back to the institutional polystruc-turality of European feudalism and the peculiarities of Sweden’s historical experience are asserted to be part of this intersocietal heritage. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Economic Modeling of Climate Change

   Author : Gustav Engström; John Hassler; Michael Hoel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; climate change; economic growth; energy balance models; sustainability; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Structural change in a two-sector model of the climate and the economy introduces issues concerning substitutability among goods in a two-sector economic growth model where emissions from fossil fuels give rise to a climate externality. Substitution is modeled using a CES-production function where the intermediate inputs differ only in their technologies and the way they are affected by the climate externality. READ MORE

6. 4. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions – Examples from the freight transport sector: Essays on economic growth, public policy instruments, and renewable energy

   Author : Johanna Takman; Johan Woxenius; Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Climate change mitigation; Renewable energy; Public policy instruments; Evaluation; Modal shift; Greenhouse gas emissions; Environmental Kuznets curve; Liquefied biogas; Economic development; Freight transport;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to improve the understanding of if, and how, we can combat climate change and other non-wanted environmental changes alongside economic development. Paper I address this question by investigating the relationship between CO2 emissions and GDP per capita. READ MORE

7. 5. Institutions, Inequality and Societal Transformations

   Author : Sara Moricz; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender Norms; Metoo; Sweden; LSTM Neural Network; Asia; Indonesia; Democracy; Elections; Economic Growth; Income Inequality; Economic Development;

   Abstract : Institutions matter for economic development. This thesis consists of three self-contained articles which provide different contributions to institutional economics.The first article studies short-run changes in gender norms. It takes advantage of recent developments in machine learning algorithms to study changes in norms in Swedish tweets. READ MORE