Search for dissertations about: "instrumental concerns"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words instrumental concerns.

2. 1. Determinants of Fairness-based and Favorability-based Reactions to Authorities' Decisions

   Author : Tomas Ståhl; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; procedural justice; outcome favorability; relational concerns; instrumental concerns; group membership effect; ingroup identification; expected bias; decision acceptance; Other social sciences; Övrig samhällsvetenskap; Humanities and Social sciences; Humaniora-samhällsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The present thesis focuses on the causal role of the people’s relationship to the authority in reactions to allocation decisions. A series of experiments investigating the effects of the authority’s group membership on reactions to allocation decisions are reported. READ MORE

4. 2. Continuous-time System Identification : Refined Instrumental Variables and Sampling Assumptions

   Author : Rodrigo A. González; Cristian R. Rojas; Marion Gilson-Bagrel; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; System identification; Continuous-time systems; Refined instrumental variables; band-limited signals; Electrical Engineering; Elektro- och systemteknik;

   Abstract : Continuous-time system identification deals with the problem of building continuous-time models of dynamical systems from sampled input and output data. There are two main approaches in this field: indirect and direct. In the indirect approach, a suitable discrete-time model is first determined, and then it is transformed into continuous-time. READ MORE

5. 3. Performance Management and Rationalityin Public Sector Organisations

   Author : Geoffrey Heath; Elisabeth Berg; Jim Barry; John Chandler; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Instrumental rationality; communicative rationality; performance management; public sector organisations; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Sciences;

   Abstract : Abstract and Keywords  The thesis concerns different conceptions of rationality and their implications for organisations, especially in the public sector. The focus is on performance management (as widely defined) within public sector organisations as a subject for exploring these issues. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Pensions, Retirement and Tax Evasion

   Author : Johannes Hagen; Sören Blomquist; Håkan Selin; Monika Bütler; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pensions; retirement; annuity; annuity puzzle; adverse selection; pension reform; instrumental variable; health; health care; mortality; tax evasion; engel curves; consumption; self-employment; permanent income; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay I: This essay provides an overview of the history of the Swedish pension system. Starting with the implementation of the public pension system in 1913, it outlines the key components of each major pension reform up until today along with a discussion of the main trade-offs and concerns that policy makers have faced. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Growth, Political Economy and Development

   Author : Abdulaziz B. Shifa; Per Krusell; Jakob Svensson; Kjetil Storesletten; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Growth; human capital transfer; productivity; catch-up; Urban bias; rural poverty; dictatorship; Agricultural growth; manufacturing growth; instrumental variable; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis has three self-contained articles.Economic growth and trade in human capital: A salient empirical pattern in the East Asian “miracle” is a large increase in output and factor accumulation despite  only a modest increase in TFP. I develop and calibrate a model of growth and catch-up to provide a possible explanation. READ MORE