Search for dissertations about: "individual household"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 162 swedish dissertations containing the words individual household.
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1. Quantifying the Metabolism of Individual Households
Abstract : The magnitude of the flows of matter and energy resulting from human activities is influenced by human needs and demands as well as the practices and technologies applied to fulfil them. The aim of this study was to explore differences in resource use and waste generation between individual households through the simultaneous quantification of physical flows entering and leaving the households. READ MORE
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2. Essays in household finance
Abstract : This doctoral thesis consists of three independent papers in financial economics. The common thread for these three papers is that I seek to better understand the determinants of the financial decision-making and behavior of individuals... READ MORE
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3. What do you expect? : individual investors' subjective expectations, information usage, and social interactions in financial decision-making
Abstract : This thesis consists of an introductory part and four self-contained papers related to individual investors’ subjective expectations and their financial behavior. Paper [I] analyzes multiple measures of individual investors’ expectations of risk and return using survey data on a random sample of individual investors in Sweden. READ MORE
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4. Household Decision Making, Time Preferences, and Positional Concern: Experimental Evidence from Rural China
Abstract : For abstracts, see full text thesis.... READ MORE
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5. Towards sustainable energy consumption : Electricity demand flexibility and household fuel choice
Abstract : Paper [I] investigates household heterogeneity in valuing electricity contract attributes that include various load controls and information sharing to induce demand flexibility. Using a stated preference choice experiment conducted with Swedish households, this paper shows that, although a large proportion of households ask for substantial compensation, some households are willing to share their electricity consumption information and require relatively lower compensation to allow load controls. READ MORE