Search for dissertations about: "development industrial economics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 227 swedish dissertations containing the words development industrial economics.

2. 1. An Economic Backbone of Development : Essays in Financial and Political Economy

   Author : Jon Olofsson; Andreas Madestam; Björn Tyrefors; Marieke Bos; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial Economics; Development Economics; Banking; Innovation; Industrial Development; Political Economy; Police; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Local Banking and Historical Innovation: the Effect of Swedish Savings BanksHow does access to credit affect innovation at the early stages of development? This essay uses digitized records from the Swedish savings banks movement, in combination with novel data on the universe of historical patenting, to study how savings banks affected innovation in Sweden between 1900 and 1949, a period when the country was still a developing economy. READ MORE

4. 2. States of Development : Essays on the Political Economy of Development in Asia

   Author : Nathaniel Lane; Torsten Persson; Rohini Pande; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic Development; Industrial Development; Economic Institutions; Political Economy; State Capacity; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Manufacturing Revolutions - Industrial Policy and Networks in South Korea. This chapter uses a historic big push intervention and newly digitized data from South Korea to study the effects of industrial policy on industrial development. In 1973 South Korea transitioned to a military dictatorship and drastically changed their development strategy. READ MORE

5. 3. Learning at Work and Productivity in Swedish Business Firms : Based on the Swedish MEADOW Survey 2009/2010

   Author : Annette Nylund; Matti A. Kaulio; Annika Härenstam; Hans-Olof Hagén; Edward Lorenz; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; productivity; management; learning; competence; development; practices; at work; bundles; factor analysis; regression analysis; produktivitet; ledning; lärande; kompetens; utveckling; i arbete; grupper; praxis; bundles; faktoranalys; regressionsanalys; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

   Abstract : The background of the thesis is the ongoing struggle for better understanding of driving forces for economic growth. Some important and rewarding new steps have been taken the last decades in the research of economic growth theory. READ MORE

6. 4. The Economics of Biofuel Development : Policy Incentives and Market Impacts

   Author : Elina Bryngemark; Patrik Söderholm; Jussi Lintunen; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the economics of biofuel development by studying the forest raw material market impacts of increased biofuel production, as well as the role of specific policy incentives. Paper [I] presents an economic assessment of two different developments – both implying an increased demand for forest ecosystem services – and how these could affect the competition for forest raw materials. READ MORE

7. 5. One coin - One vote : the rural political power shift that pushed Sweden towards industrialization

   Author : Erik Lindgren; Björn Tyrefors; Per Pettersson-Lidbom; Erik Grönqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development; Education; Infrastructure Investment; Railroads; Historical data; Political Institutions; Infant mortality and Weather; Growth; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The Causal Effect of Political Power on the Provision of Public Education: Evidence from a Weighted Voting SystemWe estimate how political power affects the provision of public education in local governments, using data from a nondemocratic society where voters received votes in proportion to their taxable income. This was the system used in Swedish local governments during the period 1862–1909. READ MORE