Search for dissertations about: "lottery"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word lottery.

  2. 1. At the End of the Rainbow - Post-winning life among Swedish lottery winners

    Author : Anna Hedenus; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; consumption; identity; lottery winning; money; work;

    Abstract : This thesis is based upon empirical data from a quantitative survey among 420 Swedish lottery winners and from qualitative interviews with fourteen individual lottery winners. By examining how winners of large lottery prizes manage and experience their situation after winning, this thesis illustrates how sudden wealth affects people‟s behaviours and sense of self. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on Educational Choices and Integration

    Author : Elisabet Olme; David Seim; Jonas Vlachos; Robert McMillan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; School Choice; School Segregation; Information; Refugees; Human Capital; Immigration; Language Training; Performance Bonuses; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Are Parents Uninformed? The Impact of School Performance Information on School Choices and School Assignments. We study the impact of providing information about schools' performances on households' choice of school. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays in Crime, Labour, and Credit Markets

    Author : Christofer Schroeder; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis in Economics consists of three chapters.  “Real Effects of Credit Supply Shocks: Evidence from Danish Banks, Firms, and Workers” exploits a large and novel dataset constructed from Danish administrative and tax records to estimate the effect of shocks to firms’ credit supply on firm and worker level outcomes. READ MORE

  6. 4. A psychological process approach to decision making : Post-decision restructuring of value conflicts

    Author : Ilkka Salo; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; value conflict; attractiveness; Decision; post-decision processes; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Recent research has shown that when decision makers in retrospect are asked to reproduce attractiveness evaluations (of aspects) of important characteristics (attributes) of a chosen and a non-chosen choice alternative, they exaggerate the attractiveness difference between the alternatives. This post-decision attractiveness differentiation (consolidation) works in favor of the chosen alternative. READ MORE

  7. 5. School Choice, School Performance and School Segregation : Institutions and Design

    Author : Dany Kessel; Jonas Vlachos; Roine Vestman; Hessel Oosterbeek; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; School choice; school segregation; school performance; priority structures; information; gender; competition; experiment; house prices; housing wealth; consumption; house price elasticity; marginal propensity to consume; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained chapters. The first chapter, Are Parents Uninformed? – The Impact of School Performance Information on School Choice Behavior and Student Assignment, is co-authored by Elsisabet Olme. We investigate the effects of school performance information on school choice behavior and student assignment. READ MORE