Search for dissertations about: "household decision-making"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 swedish dissertations containing the words household decision-making.

  2. 1. Economic and Intergenerational Decision-Making in Families

    Author : Simon Schürz; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development Economics; Public Economics; Intergenerational Decision-Making;

    Abstract : This thesis studies economic decision-making and preferences within the family, household and close social environment. Within these social units, individuals often make decisions on the use and allocation of resources that involve multiple generations, such as educational investments, bequests or other transfers. READ MORE

  4. 2. Risk, Relative Standing and Property Rights: Rural Household Decision-Making in China

    Author : Ping Qin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Choice experiment; China; Field experiment; Forestry; Household decision-making; Inequality; Ignoring attributes; Investment; Relative standing; Risk; MWTP; Property rights.;

    Abstract : Paper 1 examines the concern for relative standing among rural households in China. We used a survey-experimental method to measure to what extent poor Chinese farmers care about their relative income and found that the respondents cared to a high degree. READ MORE

  5. 3. The household decision making process in replacement of durable goods

    Author : Agneta Marell Molander; Per Davidsson; Tommy Gärling; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Household decision making process; replacements; durable goods;

    Abstract : As durables are essential in many households, the level of ownership is high and, due to the high degree of penetration, a vast proportion of the current sales are replacement purchases. Even though a lot of research attention has been paid to decision making and decision processes many models are oriented towards non-durable goods and although a majority of purchases of many durable goods are replacements, few studies seem to make a distinction between a replacement purchase decision and a decision to buy an item for the first time. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Conflict, Gender and Household-Decision Making

    Author : Evelina Bonnier; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This Ph.D. thesis in Economics consists of five self-contained chapters on various topics in Development and Behavioral Economics.Preparing for genocide: Quasi-experimental evidence from Rwanda examines if a mandatory community program contributed to fostering acceptance and participation in the ethnic violence during the Rwandan genocide in 1994. READ MORE

  7. 5. Explainable and Interpretable Decision-Making for Robotic Tasks

    Author : Maximilian Diehl; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Failure explanation; Causality; Explainability; Interpretability;

    Abstract : Future generations of robots, such as service robots that support humans with household tasks, will be a pervasive part of our daily lives. The human's ability to understand the decision-making process of robots is thereby considered to be crucial for establishing trust-based and efficient interactions between humans and robots. READ MORE