Search for dissertations about: "factor-proportions"

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

2. 1. Turkey's comparative advantage, production and trade patterns in manufactures : an application of the factor proportions hypothesis with some qualifications

   Author : Refik Erzan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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4. 2. Empirical essays on Regional Specialization and Trade in Sweden

   Author : Hanna Norberg; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; market size; scale economies; technological differences; factor-proportions; Regional production; trade; concentration.; International commerce; Internationell ekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with the empirical testing of trade theories, traditionally used to analyze international trade, using regional data on production and trade. This thesis consists of three main essays. In the first essay, we analyze Swedish regional production. READ MORE

5. 3. Intra-industry trade: measurements, determinants and growth : a study of Swedish foreign trade

   Author : Pär Hansson; Lars Lundberg; David Greenaway; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intra-industry trade; determinants; comparative costs; factor intensity; product differentiation; elasticity of substitution; economies of scale; quasi-homothetictastes; Sweden; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The conclusions are that a traditional factor proportions model seems neither theoretically nor empirically to explaing IIT. However, a relaxation of the assumption of homogeneous products in an industry gives rise to several implications for IIT. READ MORE

6. 4. Splitting and Measuring Intra-Industry Trade

   Author : Joakim Gullstrand; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic policy; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economies of Scale; Economics; Specialisation; Horizontal and Vertical Intra-Industry Trade; Income Distribution; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Commercial and industrial economics; Industriell ekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis aims at shedding light on three important issues related to intra-industry trade (IIT); the relevance of demand patterns, horizontal versus vertical IIT, and the measurement of IIT. Chapter two analyses IIT between high and low-income countries, and uses a theoretical model that explains the exchange of similar products of different qualities. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Trade, Growth and Exchange Rates

   Author : Jerker Stefan Göran Lundbäck; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International commerce; Internationell ekonomi;

   Abstract : In the first chapter we test if Purchasing Power Parity, PPP, is empirically valid and when that is not the case we test if productivity growth differences can account for the deviations from PPP by co-integration analysis. Interestingly, the results lend support in favour of PPP in several cases and when PPP is rejected GDP per capita growth rate differences seem to explain the long-run deviations from PPP. READ MORE