Search for dissertations about: "trade openness"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words trade openness.
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1. Trade, Unemployment and Labour Market Institutions
Abstract : The thesis consists of three papers, summarized as follows. "The Determinants of Labour Market Institutions: A Panel Data Study" This paper analyses the argument that labour market institutions can be thought of as devices for social insurance. READ MORE
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2. Market Structure and Integration - Essays on Trade, Specialisation and Foreign Direct Investment
Abstract : The study analyses various aspects of international economics related to foreign direct investment, trade and specialisation. These issues are considered in view of the increased internationalisation - through trade and foreign direct investment - in recent decades. Special interest is devoted to the effects of economic integration. READ MORE
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3. Essays in finance, trade and politics
Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays in economics:Financial markets, industrial specialization and comparative advantage. Evidence from OECD countries. Due to underlying technological and organizational differences, industries differ in their need for external finance. READ MORE
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4. Globalization and Development : The Impact of International Trade on Political and Social Institutions
Abstract : The Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Presence of Political DistortionsPolitical distortions are prevalent in many developing countries and can imply substantial productivity losses. Theory is ambiguous as to whether greater openness to trade amplifies or reduces the effects of such distortions. READ MORE
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5. Risk matters : studies in finance, trade and politics
Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained empirical essays. In the first essays "Markets for Risk and Openness to Trade: How are They Related?" (with Helena Svaleryd), we ask if there is an empirical relationship between financial development and openness to trade. READ MORE