Search for dissertations about: "heterogeneous firms"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the words heterogeneous firms.

  2. 1. Heterogeneous firms, international trade and institutions

    Author : Sara Formai; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three independent papers, ordered chronologically with respect to when they were initiated. Empirical research has established that there are large and persistent productivity differences among firms in narrowly defined industries (Bartelsman and Doms, 2000). READ MORE

  4. 2. Employment in New Firms : Mobility and Labour Market Outcomes

    Author : Gulzat Zhetibaeva Elvung; Kristina Nyström; Guido Buenstrof; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New firms; labour market entrants; wage penalty; job switchers; employment; long-term employment; stepping stone hypothesis; entrepreneurship; self-employment; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the role of new firms in the labour market and uses Swedish data to analyze labour mobility in new firms, including both transitions of workers into and from new firms. In particular, it focuses on employees’ wages in new firms and post-new firm employment labour market outcomes as transitions into long-term employment and entrepreneurship. READ MORE

  5. 3. Heterogeneous Innovation and Labour Mobility

    Author : Ding Ding; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Stam Erik; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; labor mobility; knowledge spillover; organizational learning; entrepreneurship; heterogeneous innovation; Nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : Knowledge is a necessary and critically important factor in generating growth and increased prosperity. The extent to which such effects are materialized depends however on its diffusion and how it transcends into innovation, entrepreneurship and growing firms. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays in International trade, exchange rates and prices

    Author : Kiflu Gedefe Molla; Jonas Vlachos; Rikard Forslid; Joakim Gullstrand; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Heterogeneous Firms; Multi-product firms; Exports; Market size; Distance; Exchange rates; Exchange Rate Pass-through; Inflation; SVAR; Sweden; Ethiopia; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays in International Trade, Exchange Rates and Prices. Although independent, these essays share some common themes. The first two papers can be related to the vast literature on exchange rate pass-through to prices. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays on Trade, Technology and the Organization of Firms

    Author : Shon Ferguson; Rikard Forslid; Philippe Martin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International Trade; Endogenous Technology; Research and Development; Quality Competition; Market Size; Comparative Advantage; Contract Enforcement; Vertical Integration; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : "Endogenous Sunk Costs, Exporting and Heterogeneous Firms" Empirical evidence shows that R&D spending is highly correlated with firm productivity and highly concentrated among large firms. This paper develops a model of quality competition with heterogeneous firms that can explain these patterns. The model makes two new predictions. READ MORE