Search for dissertations about: "empirical evidence using"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 337 swedish dissertations containing the words empirical evidence using.

  2. 1. The Heterogeneity of Behavior in Operations Processes : Empirical Evidence

    Author : Neslihan Özlü; Fredrik Eng Larsson; Thomas Hartman; Olov Isaksson; Kai Hoberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; behavioral operations; empirical operations; heterogeneity; experience effects; ordering decisions; choice models; judgmental forecasting; operations processes; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Behavioral science research has established that observed human behavior may deviate considerably from model suggestions. In addition to the realization that there is no such thing as standardized human behavior, there are also substantial differences in how people deviate from the model: Different individuals make dissimilar decisions in the same situation when using the same information. READ MORE

  4. 2. Improving the Efficiency of Public Procurement : Empirical evidence using micro-level contract data

    Author : Ivan Ridderstedt; Hans Lööf; Jan-Eric Nilsson; Kristofer Odolinski; Sofia Lundberg; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public procurement; public sector efficiency; auction design; award mechanisms; bundling; transport infrastructure; public transport; Nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : Among OECD countries, close to one-third of government expenditure is allocated using public procurement. This implies that the skill of public authorities in handling the procurement format has a significant impact on how much the public sector accomplish in relation to their goals and responsibilities. READ MORE

  5. 3. Interrogating to detect deception and truth : effects of strategic use of evidence

    Author : Maria Hartwig; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bevis; förhör; rättspsykologi; evidence; Police questioning; Deception detection; Interrogation; Strategic use of evidence; Statement-evidence consistency;

    Abstract : Several decades of research has shown that people are poor at detecting deception. This thesis, based on four empirical studies, aimed at exploring human deception detection accuracy in the context of interrogations. READ MORE

  6. 4. Differences and similarities in work absence behavior : - empirical evidence from micro data

    Author : Maria Nilsson; Mårten Palme; Jan Erik Askildsen; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; moral hazard; gender difference; immigrants; panel data; count data models; fixed effects; finite mixture models; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays about absenteeism. Essay I analyzes if the design of the insurance system affects work absence, i.e. the classic insurance problem of moral hazard. READ MORE

  7. 5. Philosophical Issues in Medical Intervention Research

    Author : Jesper Jerkert; Sven Ove Hansson; Tor Sandqvist; John Cantwell; Nils-Eric Sahlin; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; scientific method; study design; methodology; alternative medicine; medical research; individualized treatments; eligibility; confounders; evidence; evidence-based medicine; mechanistic reasoning; hierarchy of evidence; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : The thesis consists of an introduction and two papers. In the introduction a brief historical survey of empirical investigations into the effectiveness of medicinal interventions is given. Also, the main ideas of the EBM (evidence-based medicine) movement are presented. READ MORE