Search for dissertations about: "envy."

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word envy..

  2. 1. Work performance and wages: Distributive justice and emotional reactions

    Author : Nina Korvela; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; distributive justice; fairness; culture; emotion; envy.; Psykologi;

    Abstract : People often encounter situations where they evaluate outcomes that they and other persons receive. Part of this evaluation concerns how fair the distribution is. Whether people are treated fairly or unfairly give rise to different emotional reactions. In Study I work performance in relation to outcome in fair or unfair distributions (i. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on Nonlinear Pricing and Welfare

    Author : Tommy Andersson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; Monopoly.; Welfare; Budget-balance; Redistribution; Envy-freeness; Nonlinear pricing;

    Abstract : The price of a good is said to be nonlinear if the unit price not is constant but depends on some aspect of the quantity (or quality) purchased. This form of pricing is commonly used in many industries, e.g. the electricity and water industries, and has many desirable properties. READ MORE

  5. 3. Progress, Hunger and Envy: Commercial Agriculture, Marketing and Social Transformation in the Venezuelan Andes

    Author : Monica Lindh de Montoya; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; markets; rural trade; commercialization; Venezuela; entrepreneurship; social change; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi;

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  6. 4. Wage formation in a unionized economy

    Author : Eva Uddén-Jondal; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Around 85 percent of all blue-collar workers in Sweden are organized in an all-encompassing union, Landsorganisationen (LO). During the last decade, this fact has given rise to quite lively research on centralized wage formation. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Spirit of Gnosjö : The Grand Narrative and Beyond

    Author : Caroline Wigren; Jönköping University; []
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    Abstract : This book is about the famous Spirit of Gnosjö, characterising the enterprising and networking culture of a region in southern Sweden. The Spirit is so well-known that it is taken for granted by many as representing profitable businesses that are privately owned, formal and informal cooperation in networks between owner-managers, helpfulness and solidarity between employers and employees, and positive envy among entrepreneurs. READ MORE