Search for dissertations about: "industry economics"

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  2. 11. Applications of Bayesian Econometrics to Financial Economics

    Author : Christoffer Bengtsson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; systemic risk; stochastic volatility; jump-diffusion; shrinkage; covariance matrix estimation; estimation risk; portfolio selection; mean-variance optimization; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Bayesian econometrics; ekonomisk politik; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk teori; ekonometri; Nationalekonomi; economic policy;

    Abstract : This PhD thesis consists of four separate papers. What these papers have in common is that Bayesian Econometrics, in combination with Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, is applied to study various problems in financial economics. READ MORE

  4. 12. Reforming a publicly owned monopoly : costs and incentives in railway maintenance

    Author : Kristofer Odolinski; Jan-Eric Nilsson; Andrew Smith; Lars Hultkrantz; Marc Ivaldi; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Railway track; Maintenance; Contract; Incentive reward ; Competition; Cost; Quality; Economic efficiency; J01 Railway: Railway track; J01 Railway: Railway track; J13 Railway: Economics; J13 Railway: Economics; Economics;

    Abstract : The railway system is often considered to be an industry where a monopoly occurs “naturally”, which can explain the public ownership and the use of regulations. However, railways in Europe have been subject to reforms during the last three decades. READ MORE

  5. 13. Impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing : individual and firm-level evidence from the 1990s

    Author : Nannan Lundin; Pär Hansson; Lars Lundberg; Jozef Konings; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nationalekonomi; export; firm-level productivity; reallocation; import discipline; market structure; mark-up; product differentiation; matched employer-employee data; inter-industry wage structure; nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers examining the impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing and labor market during the 1990s. By using detailed individual and firm-level information I aim to investigate how increased exposure to international trade, in terms of both export orientation and import penetration, affects technology development, profitability and wage structure. READ MORE

  6. 14. Labour productivity and international trade

    Author : Lihong Yun; Lars Lundberg; Adam Szirmai; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labour productivity; labour demand; inter-industry wage premium; export; import penetration; FDI; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The aims of the four treatises contained in here are to investigate the determinants of export (and FDI) and possible impacts of international trade on labour productivity, labour demand and inter-industry wage premiums. Paper [1] uses shift-share method and augmented production function-approach. READ MORE

  7. 15. Essays in International Trade : Measurement, Product Quality, Input-Output Modelling and Tax Evasion

    Author : Lars M Widell; Lars Lundberg; Lars Hultkrantz; Daniela Andrén; Joakim Gullstrand; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Factor content of trade; human capital; vertical intra-industry trade; product quality; Input–output modelling; CTA; ITA; Tax Evasion; Africa; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four independent essays that deal with several measurement aspects within the field of international trade. The measurement problems addressed are related to measuring the human capital content of trade in exports relative to imports or measuring tax evasionEssay 1, The Human Capital Content of Trade and its Measurement. READ MORE