Search for dissertations about: "international trade and globalisation"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words international trade and globalisation.

2. 1. Commerce and Colonisation: Studies of Early Modern Merchant Capitalism in the Atlantic Economy

   Author : Klas Rönnbäck; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; globalisation; market integration; price convergence; colonial goods; international trade; imperialism; colonialism; Williams-thesis; slavery; sugar; balance of payments; Atlantic economy; the Baltic; ghost acreage;

   Abstract : This dissertation consists of four chapters which study early modern merchant capitalism, with a special focus upon the developing Atlantic economy. The introductory chapter is followed by chapter 2, studying the issue of market integration and price convergence in inter-continental trade during the early modern period. READ MORE

4. 2. Energy Embodied in Trade, 1970–2014

   Author : Viktoras Kulionis; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic Growth; Energy use; Trade; Footprint; Carbon Emissions; Input-Output Analysis; Structural Decomposition Analysis;

   Abstract : Ongoing globalisation combined with the rapid pace of technological change have generated significant growth in economic activities and have improved the welfare and living standards of many people around the world. e opening up of the world economy has also led to unprecedented surges in international trade and has fundamentally transformed the way that goods and services are produced, exchanged and consumed. READ MORE

5. 3. Ideals and Interests in Swedish Foreign Policy : Explaining the South African Gripen Deal

   Author : Wayne Stephen Coetzee; Isabell Schierenbeck; Jan Aart Scholte; Douglas Brommesson; Högskolan Väst; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Foreign Policy; Ideals; Interests; Arms Trade; Gripen; Sweden; South Africa; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores ideals and interests (and their interrelation) in foreign policy. An in-depth case study of this issue examines Sweden’s 1999 JAS-39 Gripen fighter aircraft deal with South Africa. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Trade Flows, Demand Structure and Income Distribution

   Author : Désirée Nilsson; Jönköping University; []
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   Abstract : This doctoral dissertation consists of four individual essays and an introductory chapter. The common features of the four separate essays are that they analyse international trade flows focusing on the role of demand structures. READ MORE