Search for dissertations about: "market failure"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 94 swedish dissertations containing the words market failure.
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21. Essays on the political economy of industrial policy
Abstract : Unemployment and/or slow economic growth nationally and in poorer regions are two problems which political decision-makers often refer to when they argue for the need to grant different producer subsidies to firms. Moreover, it is often asserted that the problems are due to different market failures. READ MORE
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22. Deregulation, Institutional Change, and Entrepreneurship in the Swedish Education System: intended and Unintended Effects of Competition
Abstract : In this dissertation, I study organizational behavior primarily at the macro level using organizational institution theory to explain how organizations emerge and compete over time and in proximal space. The empirical setting is the deregulation of the Swedish education system in 1992 and the ensuing development of schools over the following two decades. READ MORE
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23. Product guarantees and liability rules : an economic analysis
Abstract : This study is an economic analysis of product guarantees and liability rules as devices for protecting consumers against risks of product failure, ranging from simple product malfunctioning to product-related injuries. It attempts to shed light on consumer policy issues that are raised by market inefficiencies due to unequal access to product information between consumers and producers. READ MORE
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24. The Creation of International Business Relationships : Experience and Performance in the Internationalization Process of SMEs
Abstract : The present study examines the causal effect of experience on the performance of inter-national business relationships for small and medium-sized business firms. A case study of ten market entry processes in ten Swedish SMEs shows that both experienced and inexperienced firms can succeed in creating a new international business relationship. READ MORE
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25. Volatility, integration and grain banks : studies in harvests, rye prices and institutional development of the parish magasins in Sweden in the 18th and 19th centuries
Abstract : This study is the first to focus primarily on the Swedish parish magasins, the country’s most widespread credit institution in the last half of the 18th, and the first part of the 19th, century. During the Early Modern Period, grain price volatility was a matter of great concern. READ MORE
