Search for dissertations about: "mining tax"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words mining tax.

2. 1. Landfill Mining : Institutional challenges for the implementation of resource extraction from waste deposits

   Author : Nils Johansson; Joakim Krook; Mats Eklund; Myra Hird; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Landfill mining; recycling; mineral policy; institutions; transitions; mining.;

   Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis is to examine the institutional conditions for the implementation and emergence of landfill mining. The result shows that  current policy makes it difficult for landfill mining operators to find a market outlet for the exhumed material, which means that landfill mining may result in a waste disposal problem. READ MORE

4. 2. Environmental and economic conditions of landfill mining : The development and application of a systems analysis approach

   Author : Per Frändegård; Joakim Krook; Niclas Svensson; David Laner; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Landfill mining is a relatively unproven, still uncertain concept for extracting resources from landfills. Previous studies in the field have mainly focused on solving local environmental problems related to leaching and other landfill management issues, or characterizing the material composition of various landfills. READ MORE

5. 3. Transport and environment incentive policy instruments : effects and interactions

   Author : Xing Liu; Lars Hultkrantz; James Odeck; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Congestion pricing; Equity effects; Modal choice; Social marginal cost; Externalities; Transport taxation; Carbon tax; Carbon leakage; Computable General Equilibrium Model; VTTS; Simultaneous decision model; Random utility model; Logistics cost minimization; Additionality; Klimp; Climate subsidy program; Subsidy; CDM; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This dissertation studies issues related to the evaluation of the effects and interactions of transport and environmental incentive policy instruments. Essay 1: Green cars sterilize congestion charges: a model analysis of the reduced impact of Stockholm road tolls calibrates a modal-choice model with data from the Stockholm road toll and uses it to study the sensitivity of congestion toll effects to some seemly subtle changes in the toll system design and external circumstances. READ MORE

6. 4. Natural Resource Use Conflict: Gold mining in tropical rainforest in Ghana

   Author : Wisdom Akpalu; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Optimal taxation; Efficiency; Externality; Dynamic analysis; Firm behaviour.;

   Abstract : Extraction of gold in many tropical countries is done in rainforests that provide non-timber forest benefit flows. Our model is the first attempt at modelling this conflict in a developing country in the tropics where capital for mining is from foreign direct investment (FDI). READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Economics of Natural Resource Management and Experiments

   Author : Wisdom Akpalu; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Optimal taxation; Efficiency; Externality; Dynamic analysis; Firm behaviour; Fishery; Regulatory compliance; Common pool resources; Experiment; Ostracism; Contribution norm; Public goods; Ghana;

   Abstract : This thesis has five self-contained essays. The titles and the abstracts of the various essays are as follows. Paper 1: Natural Resource use Conflict: Gold Mining in Tropical Rainforest in Ghana: Gold is frequently mined in rainforests that can provide either gold or forest benefits, but not both. READ MORE