Search for dissertations about: "evolutionary economics"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 57 swedish dissertations containing the words evolutionary economics.

  2. 11. Government's Role for Transport Infrastructure : Theoretical Approaches and Historical Development

    Author : Björn Hasselgren; Göran Cars; Hans Lind; Mark Pennington; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Government; Market; Planning; Transport Infrastructure;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes and discusses the development of the Swedish government’s role as owner and financier of roads and railroads from the 1930s until the 2010s. The influence on the development of the government’s role from two main theoretical paradigms is discussed and analyzed. READ MORE

  4. 12. Essays on Conflict, Institutions, and Ethnic Diversity

    Author : Pelle Ahlerup; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil war; earthquakes; economic development; economic growth; ethnicity; ethnic diversity; government effectiveness; human origins; instrumental variables; investment; institutions; nationalism; nation-building; natural disasters; property rights; protectionism; social capital;

    Abstract : The thesis consists of five self-contained papers. Paper 1: Social Capital vs Institutions in the Growth Process Is social capital a substitute or a complement to formal institutions for achieving economic growth? Research on the impacts of social capital and formal institutions on economic development have so far mainly emerged as two distinct …elds. READ MORE

  5. 13. Evolution and the Backward Induction Problem in the Repeated Prisoners’ Dilemma

    Author : Vilhelm Verendel; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Evolution; Out of equilibrium; Learning; Game theory; Backward induction; Repeated Prisoners’ Dilemma;

    Abstract : The finitely Repeated Prisoners’ Dilemma (RPD) is a model of a social dilemma where cooperation is particularly hard to come by. The standard way to solve the game is usingbackward induction, which by a particular logic gradually eliminates all cooperation from the end of a repeated game. READ MORE

  6. 14. Strategy framework for sustainable industrial development in sub-Saharan Africa: Systems-evolutionary approach

    Author : Desta Mebratu; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainable development; Sustainability; systems dynamics; evolutionary; development strategy; Economics of development; Environmental technology; Utvecklingsekonomi; kontroll av utsläpp; Miljöteknik; pollution control;

    Abstract : The principal objectives of this research were: · to develop a conceptual framework on sustainability and sustainable development and · to propose a strategy framework for sustainable industrial development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The research was done based on systems evolutionary approach having the following methodological principles as a guide. READ MORE

  7. 15. Wirtschaftsspionage in Verhandlungen aus Informationsökonomischer und Wirtschaftsethischer Perspektive : eine Interdisziplinäre Analyse

    Author : Klaus Solberg Søilen; Sweden Karlskrona School of Management Blekinge Institute of Technology; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business Intelligence; Competitive Intelligence; International Negotiations; Game Theory; Information Sets; Industrial Espionage; Economic Theory; Evolutionary Economics; International Business; Business studies;

    Abstract : The dissertation examines a case of industrial espionage by one of the parties involved in a forthcoming international negotiation. We want to know what consequences a burglary has for the actual negotiation. The dissertation consist of five hypothesis, of which the three first were empirically tested. READ MORE