Search for dissertations about: "commodities market"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words commodities market.
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1. Essays on agricultural and environmental policy
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
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2. Essays on Voting Behavior, Labor Market Policy, and Taxation
Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1 investigates the vote motive in Swedish general elections. A theoretical model of rational retrospective voting is tested empirically on pooled cross-sectional and panel data from the Swedish Election Studies between 1985 and 1994 supplemented with time series on inflation and unemployment. READ MORE
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3. Fictitious Carbon, Fictitious Change? : Environmental Implications of the Commodification of Carbon
Abstract : Governments increasingly rely on the use of market instruments to tackle climate change and help decarbonize a deeply fossil fuel-dependent economy. This dissertation examines this trend as one instance of the ‘commodification of carbon’, or the process through which emission reductions are made into commodities and then traded on the market. READ MORE
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4. An economic study on forest resource competition : How market imperfections and increased competition affect woody feedstock markets
Abstract : Forestry and forest industry sectors have vital roles in the economy, both on a national and regional level. Due to the significant role of these sectors on the economic system, it is important to understand how competition issues impact market outcomes. READ MORE
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5. Commerce and Colonisation: Studies of Early Modern Merchant Capitalism in the Atlantic Economy
Abstract : This dissertation consists of four chapters which study early modern merchant capitalism, with a special focus upon the developing Atlantic economy. The introductory chapter is followed by chapter 2, studying the issue of market integration and price convergence in inter-continental trade during the early modern period. READ MORE