Search for dissertations about: "wealth"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 285 swedish dissertations containing the word wealth.
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16. Asine and the Argolid in the Late Helladic III Period : A Socio-Economic Study
Abstract : The Late Helladic era of Greek prehistory has long held a fascination with archaeologists and scholars of Mediterranean ancient history. In the Argolid, which forms the north-eastern part of the Peloponnese, much attention has focused on palatial sites such as Mycenae and Tiryns. READ MORE
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17. Essays on Portfolio Choice and Wealth Inequality
Abstract : This doctoral thesis consists of three self-contained chapters. In chapter 1, I analyze a model of saving and portfolio choice and show that jointly matching saving, debt taking and housing decisions over the life-cycle also enables a good fit of portfolio choice patterns over the wealth distribution. READ MORE
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18. Lifting All Boats? The Evolution of Income and Wealth Inequality over the Path of Development
Abstract : Does a rising tide lift all boats? This question – that is, to what extent does improvements of the general economy benefit all – is central to the study of economics and history. From fundamental issues about whether market forces have an innate tendency to increase or decrease differences in economic outcomes, to much debated questions about the effects of government policies, distributional concerns are always present. READ MORE
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19. The emergence of enclaves of wealth and poverty : A sociological study of residential differentiation in post-communist Poland
Abstract : Since the fall of communism, some crucial political, economic and social changes have been taking place in the former communist societies. The objective of the thesis is to examine the processes of residential differentiation taking place in the urban landscape of the Polish city of Gdańsk after the introduction of the capitalist system. READ MORE
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20. Collateral Effect : Slavery and Wealth in the Cape Colony
Abstract : This thesis reassesses the framework we have come to accept around the dynamics of slavery in a series of papers which, together, shed new light on the economics of coercion. Employing a range of newly digitized historical databases covering the economic life and genealogical history of the British Cape Colony through the 18th and 19th centuries, it explores the determinants of labor coercion in light of two significant institutional shocks: the Slave Trade Act 1807, when the transshipment of slaves became illegal, and the Slave Abolition Act 1833 when the possession of slaves was outlawed. READ MORE