Search for dissertations about: "imports"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 76 swedish dissertations containing the word imports.

  2. 16. Monetary Policy, Trade Dynamics, and Labor Markets in Open Economies

    Author : Vesna Corbo; Nils Gottfries; Andreas Westermark; Tommy Sveen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Open Economy Macroeconomics; Monetary Policy; DSGE Models; Exchange Rates; Unemployment; Bayesian estimation; Bargaining; Elasticities; Heterogeneity; Aggregation; Calibration of Macroeconomic Models; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1 studies the implications of relaxing the assumption that the elasticity of international substitution is constant over time horizons, through the modeling of habit formation. READ MORE

  4. 17. Essays on Purchasing Power Parity, Real Exchange Rate, and Optimum Currency Areas

    Author : Beatrice Kalinda Mkenda; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis contains three separate papers. Paper I tests whether the theory of Purchasing Power Parity holds in a selected sample of twenty African countries. The paper employs a panel unit root test to test whether the real exchange rates in the panel are mean reverting or not. The test employed is the Im et al (1997) test. READ MORE

  5. 18. Information, Networks and Trust in the Global Economy - Essays on International Trade and Migration

    Author : Andreas Hatzigeorgiou; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International trade; migration; gravity model; trade costs; networks; information; trust; trade policy;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the role of migration in international trade within the framework of behind-the-border trade barriers and firm behavior. In addition to the introduction, which provides a context to the analysis, it consists of four essays. READ MORE

  6. 19. International Competition, Productivity and Regional Spillovers

    Author : Helena Johansson; Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet AgriFood Economics Centre; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internationell ekonomi; the European Union; International commerce; regional integration; export processing zones; Productivity; spillovers;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses empirically the interplay among international trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and domestic market conditions, and its impact on competition, growth, exports and technology diffusion. Chapter two considers the potential relation between regional integration and productivity growth for the case of the European Union (EU). READ MORE

  7. 20. Study of possibilities and some problems of using cane residues as fuel in a gas turbine for power generation in the sugar industry

    Author : Mohamed Gabra; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Energy Engineering; Energiteknik;

    Abstract : The potential of cane residuals as a source of energy could help many developing countries to improve their balance of payments by decreasing fossil fuels imports and increasing the electrical power production. A substantial increase of the electricity output in the sugar industry could be achieved by using a combined gas turbine/steam turbine integrated with gasifier supplying combustible gas to the gas turbine combustor. READ MORE