Search for dissertations about: "infrastructure economics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 105 swedish dissertations containing the words infrastructure economics.

2. 1. Regional Economics, Trade, and Transport Infrastructure

   Author : Nicholas Sheard; Rikard Forslid; Keith Head; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regional policy; agglomeration; firm heterogeneity; export market entry; export timing; air travel; infrastructure; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : “Regional Policy in a Multiregional Setting: When the Poorest are Hurt by Subsidies” Regional subsidies have a positive short-term effect on the recipient regions, but as they alter migration patterns the long-term effects are less clear. This paper demonstrates using a three-region general equilibrium model that subsidising the poorest region may be to its detriment in the long term and thereby increase inter-regional inequality, if the subsidy draws firms from a nearby region that would function better as a production centre. READ MORE

4. 2. Infrastructure investment planning under uncertainty

   Author : Niclas A. Krüger; Lars Hultkrantz; Farideh Ramjerdi; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Real options; Wavelets; Risk; Uncertainty; Investments; Growth; Benefit-cost analysis; Infrastructure; Transportation; Traffic safety; Fractional Brownian motion; Incomplete contracts; Monte-Carlo simulation; Long memory; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This dissertation is concerned with the planning processes in transportation and infrastructure investments and the aim is to improve risk assessment, risk valuation and risk management. Many of the results presented in this thesis are also applicable to a wider range of questions... READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Urban Economics

   Author : Ina Blind; Matz Dahlberg; Olof Åslund; Christine Whitehead; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Infrastructure investment; commuting; job access; public transit; labor market outcomes; migration; residential sorting; residential segregation; housing mix; tenure type mix; mosques; call to prayer; house prices; neighborhood dynamics; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1 (with Olof Åslund and Matz Dahlberg): In this essay we investigate the impact of commuter train access on individual labor market outcomes. READ MORE

6. 4. On the Move : Essays on the Economic and Political Development of Sweden

   Author : Erik Prawitz; Jakob Svensson; Davide Cantoni; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic development; political economics; migration; innovation; technological development; transport infrastructure; housing economics; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in economics. Their abstracts are presented below:Exit, Voice and Political Change: Evidence from Swedish Mass Migration to the United States. We study the political effects of mass emigration to the United States in the 19th century using data from Sweden. READ MORE

7. 5. Markets and marketplaces : Essays on access and transformation in remote rural economies

   Author : Tillmann von Carnap; Anna Tompsett; Jakob Svensson; Sam Asher; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; development economics; economic geography; remote sensing; transport infrastructure; climate change adaptation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Market access and agricultural intensification: Remotely-sensed evidence from Mozambican river crossingsMany believe that high transport costs are a significant constraint to agricultural intensification in rural Africa. Empirical evidence is limited, however, because areas with high agricultural potential may see more infrastructure improvements and data is rarely available at the necessary granularity. READ MORE