Search for dissertations about: "impact of industry on economic growth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 swedish dissertations containing the words impact of industry on economic growth.

2. 1. On inter-industry relatedness and regional economic development

   Author : Kadri Kuusk; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic geography; relatedness; regional economic development; structural change; agglomeration economies; knowledge spillovers; labour mobility; path development; Sweden; innovation; economic growth; related variety; related diversification; regional growth; evolutionary economic geography; labour market;

   Abstract : The dissertation aims to advance our understanding about the role of local industry structure in regional economic development. More specifically, it investigates how relatedness between local industries (i.e. similarities in what kind of knowledge industries use) contributes to and constrains regional economic development. READ MORE

4. 2. Bilateral shipping and trade : Swedish-Finnish experiences in the post-war period

   Author : Lars Fredrik Andersson; Olle Krantz; Jari Ojala; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; Economic history; convergence; economic integration; trade; bilateral; intra-industrial trade; inter-industrial trade; shipping; ferry services; gravity equation; economies of scope; economies of scale; economies of density; post-war period; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the bilateral shipping and trade between Finland and Sweden during the post-war period. It comprises five articles and one introductory chapter for which the common point of departure is the growth and transformation of bilateral trade and shipping. READ MORE

5. 3. The Financialization of the Swedish Growth Model : Four Essays on Capitalist Regulation and Institutional Change

   Author : Viktor Skyrman; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; The Regulation Approach; covered bonds; the forest industry; the financialization of nature; financial market institutionalization; European capital market integration; innovation system governance; spatio-temporal fixes; welfare state transformation; securitization; Business Administration;

   Abstract : Financialization, the increasing influence of financial markets, actors, practices and measurements in political, economic and social life, continues to draw attention from scholars from diverse academic fields. Contributing to the literatures on household financialization, financial market institutionalization and the financialization of nature, this dissertation explores the underlying factors that enabled and facilitated the financialization of Sweden’s growth model. READ MORE

6. 4. New perspectives on socio-economic impacts of tourism : A study on the distributive effects of tourism and events on regional employment and income

   Author : Kai Kronenberg; Matthias Fuchs; Maria Lexhagen; Tom Baum; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : In the broad field of the economic impact of tourism and events, most studies seek to understand regional tourism development by only focusing on a growth-oriented perspective and highly aggregated indicators, such as increases in GDP. Such a narrow view, however, systematically overlooks and disregards the negative socio-economic consequences that accompany economic growth, such as income inequality and precarious working conditions. READ MORE

7. 5. Economic growth, energy consumption and CO2 emissions in Sweden 1800-2000

   Author : Astrid Kander; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; energy intensity; Environmental Kuznets Curve; relative price analyses; standard calculations; technical change; structural changes; energy quality factors; consumers surplus; Social and economic history; forest management; CO2 intensity; Ekonomisk och social historia;

   Abstract : Large transformations of technologies have occurred in the Swedish economy during the last two centuries, resulting in higher income, better quality of products and changing composition of GDP. An agrarian society has given way to an industrial society and lately to a post-industrial phase. READ MORE