Search for dissertations about: "income elasticities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the words income elasticities.

2. 1. Income, Energy Taxation, and the Environment : An Econometric analysis

   Author : Tarek Ghalwash; Runar Brännlund; Pere Riera; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Household consumption; energy demand; emissions; rebound effect; energy taxation; tax elasticities Environmental services; income elasticities; Engel Curves; income distribution.; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers: two of them deal with the relationship between consumption, energy taxation, and emissions on macro level, and two of them focuses on the effects of changes in consumption and income on the environmental quality on a micro level. The main objective of paper [I] is to examine how exogenous technological progress, in terms of an increase in energy efficiency, affects consumption choice by Swedish households and thereby emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx). READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Income Risk and Inequality

   Author : Karl Harmenberg; Per Krusell; Fatih Guvenen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; income risk; income inequality; consumption; durable goods; cyclical skewness; top-income inequality; gender gap; glass ceiling; assortative mating; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Consumption Dynamics under Time-Varying Unemployment Risk We study the response of households' demand for durable goods to fluctuations in unemployment risk. First, using survey data, we document that household durable expenditures react strongly to unemployment risk, while the effect on nondurable expenditures is indistinguishable from zero. READ MORE

5. 3. Income and Fuel Price Elasticities of Car Use

   Author : Carl Berry; Maria Börjesson; Elisabeth Lång; Rob Hart; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Income elasticity; Fuel price elasticity; Car use; Car ownership; Registry data; Discrete-continuous model;

   Abstract : Understanding how car travel and ownership respond to income and fuel prices, and how that response varies between households is crucial for car use policies and forecasts. This thesis, consisting of two papers, aims to investigate this by estimating the intemporal income and fuel price elasticities of car use using micro registry panel data on all Swedish households from 1998 to 2018. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Income Taxation

   Author : Dingquan Miao; Spencer Bastani; Thomas Giebe; Jukka Pirttilä; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Optimal income taxation; tagging; immigrants; numerical simulation; earnings supply; skill distributions.; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to the study of income taxation. It consists of three self- contained papers.The first paper, Should Natives and Immigrants Face Different Income Tax Schedules, computes how optimal income tax schedules optimally should be differentiated between immigrants and natives. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on the Economics of Income Taxation

   Author : Spencer Bastani; Sören Blomquist; Luca Micheletto; Robin Boadway; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; taxation; income redistribution; in-kind transfers; tagging; behavioral responses to income taxation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained essays.Essay 1. (with Sören Blomquist and Luca Micheletto) Using a calibrated overlapping-generations model we quantify the welfare gains of an age-dependent labor income tax. Agents face uncertainty regarding future abilities and can transfer consumption across periods through savings. READ MORE