Search for dissertations about: "preferences"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 879 swedish dissertations containing the word preferences.
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21. Individual Preferences, Choices, and Risk Perceptions - survey based evidence
Abstract : Paper 1 investigates how birth order and having siblings affect positional concerns in terms of success at work and of income. We find that only-children are the most positional, but that number of siblings increases the concern for their position among those who grew up together with siblings. READ MORE
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22. On Sexual Imprinting in Humans
Abstract : In this thesis I investigate whether human sexual preferences develop through sexual imprinting. Sexual imprinting is the acquisition of sexual preferences through non-rewarded experiences with parents and siblings during an early sensitive period and it is known to exist in many other animals. READ MORE
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23. Essays on contracts and social preferences
Abstract : This thesis deals with the problems of optimal grading, employee performance evaluation by unaccountable managers, and the evolution of inequity-averse preferences. The purpose is to explain certain stylized facts related to these problems, and this is attempted with the help of contract-theoretic models. READ MORE
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24. Analytic Input to Societal Emergency Management - On the Design of Methods
Abstract : Information from performed risk and vulnerability analyses, evaluation of responses in relation to actual emergencies etcetera can be very useful in efforts directed at preventing, mitigating and/or preparing for future emergencies. This thesis focuses on the development of methods for such analysis and evaluation. READ MORE
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25. Free to Choose? : Studies of Opportunity Constraints and the Dynamics of School Segregation
Abstract : As a result of the negative consequences and persistence of school segregation, its causes have received a great deal of scholarly attention across a range of disciplines. However, the existing research has tended to overlook those aspects of the segregation process that lie beyond the choice of the individual. READ MORE