Search for dissertations about: "economic diversification"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 70 swedish dissertations containing the words economic diversification.
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1. On inter-industry relatedness and regional economic development
Abstract : The dissertation aims to advance our understanding about the role of local industry structure in regional economic development. More specifically, it investigates how relatedness between local industries (i.e. similarities in what kind of knowledge industries use) contributes to and constrains regional economic development. READ MORE
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2. Swedish marine insurance between the World Wars
Abstract : The present licentiate thesis analyses developments in Swedish marine insurance during the interwar period, including both direct marine insurance and marine reinsurance. This is done in order to provide insights on how companies of a highly internationalised and vulnerable line of insurance were affected by and responded to new risks during a period of far-reaching international financial and economic crises. READ MORE
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3. International Asset Pricing, Diversification and Links between National Stock Markets
Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained empirical studies on international financial economics. The common economic theme is that all three studies deal with international stock market return and risk. READ MORE
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4. Labour mobility and plant performance : The influence of proximity, relatedness and agglomeration
Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to shed new light on the theorizations discussing the economic benefits of geographical clustering in a space economy increasingly characterized by globalization processes. This is made possible through the employment of a plant-perspective and a focus on how the relative fixity and mobility of labour influence plant performance throughout the entire Swedish economy. READ MORE
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5. Financial Applications of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods
Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirical studies on financial economics. The first chapter contains a short summary of the thesis. READ MORE