Search for dissertations about: "regional growth"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 249 swedish dissertations containing the words regional growth.

  2. 6. Regional and Industrial Growth Patterns in 20th Century Western Europe

    Author : Kerstin Enflo; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Data Envelopment Analysis DEA ; distribution dynamics; cointegration; general purpose technology; development block; technical change; regional growth; convergence;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with various aspects of growth, convergence and technological change, all analysed from an empirical perspective. A common theme throughout the six chapters is the analysis of economic historical questions of productivity growth with the use of quantitative statistical techniques. READ MORE

  4. 7. Essays on Regional Growth, Comparative Advantages and Foreign Direct Investments

    Author : Per Thulin; Pontus Braunerhjelm; David Audretsch; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agglomeration; agglomeration economies; dynamic comparative advantage; FDI; gross domestic investment; industry-specific effects; institutions; labor mobility; market size; R D; regional growth; relative costs; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays, covering four different topics. The first essay investigates the relationship between inter-firm labor mobility and regional productivity growth. Previous studies have shown that density is positively correlated with growth. READ MORE

  5. 8. The wealth of regions : geographic concentration , entrepreneurship and regional growth

    Author : Benny Borgman; Pontus Braunerhjelm; Roger Svensson; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three individual essays and an introductory chapter. The essays contribute to the current vein of empirical literature on economic geography and entrepreneurship. READ MORE

  6. 9. Dynamics and growth : the health care industry

    Author : Ann-Charlotte Fridh; KTH; []
    Keywords : experimentally organised economy; compotence blocs; industrial dynamics; health care industry; industrial transformation;

    Abstract : This dissertation uses the theory of the experimentallyorganised economy (EOE) and competence blocs to analyseeconomic development in the health care industry. The healthcare industry is both important and interesting to study fromseveral points of view. READ MORE

  7. 10. Engines of Growth : Essays in Swedish Economic History

    Author : Thor Berger; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industrialization; Regional growth; Transportation infrastructure; Urbanization;

    Abstract : Sweden experienced a remarkable economic transformation between the 18th century and the outbreak of World War I. This dissertation consists of four self-contained papers that uses a quantitative empirical approach to identify key drivers of this transformation by analyzing the contribution of the potato to economic growth, the determinants of the early investments in mass schooling, and how the rollout of the national railroad network shaped rural and urban growth patterns from the mid-19th century to the present day. READ MORE