Search for dissertations about: "ex-ante"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the word ex-ante.

  2. 1. Do the Ends Justify the Means? : On the Justifiability of Statistical Discrimination

    Author : Viktor Elm-Schulin; Eva Erman; Erik Angner; Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; discrimination; statistical discrimination; profiling; justification; ex-ante; contractualism; consequentialism; demeaning treatment; social meaning; unequal status; statsvetenskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : While statistical discrimination comes with similar objections as other types of discrimination it may also lead to a number of beneficial and important consequences, thereby leaving us with conflicting intuitions regarding the right course of action. This study investigates whether there is any superior account of statistical discrimination that can explain when and why such a practice can be defended; i. READ MORE

  4. 2. Opportunistic Behavior in Industrial Marketing Relationships

    Author : Raeesah Chohan; Esmail Salehi-Sangari; Leyland Pitt; John B. Ford; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Opportunistic behavior; moral hazard; adverse selection; principal-agent; Agency Theory; professional agent; Theory of Relationship Constraints; client-advertising agency relationship; ex-ante; ex-post; formal constraint mechanisms; social constraint mechanisms; Industrial Marketing; Industriell marknadsföring;

    Abstract : As humans beings, we act to our advantage. In some cases, this is done to the detriment of others; also known as opportunistic behavior. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays in historical finance

    Author : Daniel Waldenström; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation concentrates on the interplay between politics and financial markets using various empirical tools applied on historical financial statistics. The first essay examines the effect of stock transaction taxation on trading activity and asset prices, specifically focusing on the case of early 20th century Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays in corporate finance

    Author : Peter Högfeldt; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  7. 5. Essays on the Economics of Networks Under Incomplete Information

    Author : Theodoros Rapanos; Yves Zenou; Francis Bloch; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social networks; social learning; social influence; incomplete information; Bayesian game; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Social networks constitute a major channel for the diffusion of information and the formation of attitudes in a society. Introducing a dynamic model of social learning, the first part of this thesis studies the emergence of socially influential individuals and groups, and identifies the characteristics that make them influential. READ MORE