Search for dissertations about: "oil trade"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words oil trade.
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1. Essays on African Growth, Productivity, and Trade
Abstract : The thesis comprises an introductory chapter and four research papers. The introductory chapter provides a brief overview of recent economic growth performance in Africa, places the individual papers into a coherent context, summarizes the main findings, and discusses their relevance for economic policy. READ MORE
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2. Modelling Climate Policy – Trade-Off Metrics, Resource Markets, and Uncertainty
Abstract : This thesis consists of five papers related to climate change policy. In paper I andpaper II we discuss the use of Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) that facilitate the tradeoffbetween abatement of the different greenhouse gases (GHGs). READ MORE
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3. The Transport Amphorae from Euesperides : The Maritime Trade of a Cyrenaican City 400–250 BC
Abstract : The present thesis is a study of Mediterranean trade 400-250 BC through an examination of transport amphorae from the ancient Cyrenaican city of Euesperides (Benghazi), Libya. The material comes from excavations conducted from 1999-2006 by the Society for Libyan Studies. READ MORE
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4. Baltic Sea Ports and Russian Foreign Trade - Studies in the Economic and Political Geography of Transition
Abstract : The aim of this study is to describe how the changing geopolitical environment in the former Soviet Union (FSU) has created a new transport geography, and thereby resulted in new patterns of foreign trade routes, port competition and market economic adaptation in the Baltic Sea fringe. The geographical limitation is the western part of the FSU and the Baltic Sea. READ MORE
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5. Towards Sustainable Bioenergy - Governance, Resource potentials and Trade-offs
Abstract : The global energy system needs to be transformed from fossil dependent to renewable, to cope with the challenges of resource scarcity and climate change. Bioenergy can play an important role in this transformation, but land is scarce, and uncontrolled bioenergy expansion could have unacceptable consequences. READ MORE