Search for dissertations about: "voting power"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words voting power.

  2. 11. One coin - One vote : the rural political power shift that pushed Sweden towards industrialization

    Author : Erik Lindgren; Björn Tyrefors; Per Pettersson-Lidbom; Erik Grönqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development; Education; Infrastructure Investment; Railroads; Historical data; Political Institutions; Infant mortality and Weather; Growth; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The Causal Effect of Political Power on the Provision of Public Education: Evidence from a Weighted Voting SystemWe estimate how political power affects the provision of public education in local governments, using data from a nondemocratic society where voters received votes in proportion to their taxable income. This was the system used in Swedish local governments during the period 1862–1909. READ MORE

  4. 12. Information and control in financial markets

    Author : Samuel Lee; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Market Liquidity, Active Investment, and Markets for Information. This paper studies a financial market in which investors choose among investment strategies that exploit information about different fundamentals. On the one hand, the presence of other informed investors generates illiquidity. READ MORE

  5. 13. Greedy Algorithms for Distributed Compressed Sensing

    Author : Dennis Sundman; Mikael Skoglund; Chatterjee Saikat; Mads Græsbøll Christensen; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Electrical Engineering; Elektro- och systemteknik;

    Abstract : Compressed sensing (CS) is a recently invented sub-sampling technique that utilizes sparsity in full signals. Most natural signals possess this sparsity property. From a sub-sampled vector, some CS reconstruction algorithm is used to recover the full signal. READ MORE

  6. 14. Four essays on spatial modelling and welfare analysis

    Author : Anders Karlström; KTH; []
    Keywords : TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : There are two different econometric approaches used in thisthesis, random utility econometrics and spatialeconometrics. Random utility econometrics has become an increasinglyimportant tool in transportation, labour economics, housingeconomics, non-market valuation, resource and environmentaleconomics. READ MORE

  7. 15. Constructing and contesting the legitimacy of private forest governance : The case of forest certification in Sweden

    Author : Johanna Johansson; Carina Keskitalo; Karin Bäckstrand; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; accountability; corporate social responsibility; eco-labelling; forest certification; forest governance; forest practices; governance; legitimacy; national forest inventory; private governance; Sweden; voluntary standards; statskunskap; political science;

    Abstract : In recent decades, political scientists have devoted substantial attention to the changing role of the state towards more inclusion of non-state actors in policymaking. This deliberative turn, or move towards governance, may signal inability to handle complex problems without cooperation with nonstate actors. READ MORE