Search for dissertations about: "total factor productivity"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the words total factor productivity.

  2. 21. Essays in Quantitative Macroeconomics

    Author : Pedro Soares Brinca; Martin Flodén; Ellen McGrattan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Forecasting; Business Cycle Accounting; Fluctuations; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : In the first essay, Distortions in the Neoclassical Growth Model: A Cross Country Analysis, I show that shocks that express themselves as total factor productivity and labor income taxes are comparably more synchronized than shocks that resemble distortions to the ability of allocating resources across time and states of the world. These two shocks are also the most important to model. READ MORE

  4. 22. Ecology of zooplankton communities: climate, dormancy, and benthic-pelagic coupling

    Author : Mikael Gyllström; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Marinbiologi; limnologi; akvatisk ekologi; limnology; Hydrobiology; marine biology; aquatic ecology; phytoplankton; temporal stability; recruitment; seasonal succession; environmental cues; diapause; shallow lakes; predation; enrichment; climate; temperature;

    Abstract : This thesis describes how influences, such as top down and bottom up forces, shape zooplankton communities in shallow lakes. I have also extended the traditional food-web theory by investigating the effects of climate on total biomass, taxonomic composition, and temporal properties of zooplankton communities. READ MORE

  5. 23. Essays on Technology Choice and Spillovers

    Author : Erika Färnstrand Damsgaard; John Hassler; Marie Thursby; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; R D; Intellectual Property Rights; Technology Spillovers; Exhaustible Resources; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays on technology choice and spillovers.“Patent Scope and Technology Choice” analyzes the effect of an increase in patent scope on investments in R&D and innovation. READ MORE

  6. 24. Essays on the political economy of industrial policy

    Author : Fredrik Bergström; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    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

  7. 25. Clonal propagation of Detarium microcarpum and Khaya senegalensis : a step toward clonal forestry in Burkina Faso

    Author : Catherine Ky-Dembele; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The slow growth of seedlings and the impact of insect pests are major limitations to the use of indigenous species in plantations in Burkina Faso. Thus, the use of vegetative propagules and resistant clones may enhance the success of plantations. READ MORE