Department of Economics / Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik: Recent submissions
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Free Movement; The Economic Effects of Net Migration within the European Union
(2015-07-03)In the European Union increased aversion towards immigration is clearly seen. At the same time one of the EU’s foundations is that of free movement, which is backed by economic theory of efficient resource allocation. ... -
Assessing the EU Emission Trading system´s Impact on Economic Growth
(2015-07-02)This study uses a cross-country panel data set to investigate the effect of the EU ETS on economic growth and the total national level of CO2 emission. To estimate this we have conducted a growth regression using country ... -
Socio-economic effects of an European Union membership - An empirical study of Hungary and Romania
(2015-07-02)This study examines the socio-economic impact of European Union membership in Hungary and Romania. EU dictates and shapes institutions in member countries, as well as mandates certain reforms. Therefore it is likely that ... -
Will more funding generate better academic results in primary school - A quasi-experimental study of the centralization reform in Stockholm 2007
(2015-07-02)The fact that education plays a major part for wealth of nations has been known for quite some time, but the debate over the true relationship between school funding and student performance is ongoing in both academia ... -
Empirisk studie av Indiens tjänstesektor - Vad händer med jobben?
(2015-07-02)The fast growing economy of India has experienced fundamental structural changes in recent years. The share of the service sectors output has more than doubled since 1950 and is today estimated to make up almost 60 percent ... -
NUDGING Kan nudging leda oss till att äta mer klimatsmart - Ett empiriskt experiment på IKEA med syfte att få restauranggästerna att äta mer vegetariskt
(2015-07-02)Food consumption generates externalities such as carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to global warming. The principal issue is that emissions are not covered by the "polluter pays principle". For this reason, new ... -
Ethnocentric favoritism ethnic polarization and corruption tolerance - evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2015-07-02)Earlier research on group identity has shown mixed effects of in-group favoritism (Rachel Kranton et. al. ; Helen Bernhard, Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher 2006 ; Lorenz Goette et. al 2006 ; Yan Chen and Sherry Xin Li 2009 ... -
Moving Beyond the Small Talk - The impact of mobile phones on economics performance in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2015-07-02)This thesis is an addition to the growing body of economic research centred on the rapid diffusion of mobile phones in the developing world. The aim is to isolate and quantify the economic impact in terms of GDP per capita ... -
About Monetary- & Banking System Reforms - A Revision Of The Past To Conclude About The Future
(2015-07-02)The crises of the 1930s and of 2008 are clear evidence of the fragility of the Fractional Reserve Banking System. Both of these events resulted in a liquidity crisis that sent the afflicted economies spiralling into deep ... -
Performance and Valuation of Family Controlled firms in Sweden
(2015-07-02)This thesis examines the effects of family control on firm performance and valuation. The analysis is based on 1473 observations of firms listed at Nasdaq OMX Stockholm over the years 2001-2009. We find that, although ... -
Models for Credit risk in Static Portfolios
(2015-07-02)In this thesis we investigate models for credit risk in static portfolios. We study Vasicek's closed form approximation for large portfolios with the mixed binomial model using the beta distribution and a two-factor model ... -
Vart tog jobben vägen? Jobless growth i Sverige 2002-2005
(2015-07-01)En av de frågor som diskuteras allra mest i politiken är hur man bäst gör för att öka sysselsättningen och minska arbetslösheten. Den nuvarande regeringen har som mål att Sverige ska ha lägst arbetslöshet i EU 2020, genom ... -
The Impact of Tangible Assets on Capital Structure - An analysis of Swedish listed companies
(2015-06-24)This thesis examines if tangible assets is a significant explanatory variable to explain the debt to total assets ratio. In addition, further analysis regarding the importance of the composition of the tangible assets is ... -
The Art of Measurement - Exogenous Activation of Self-Control with Simple Verbal Sentences in Intertemporal Choice
(2015-06-24)Recent neurological studies have found first causal evidence for a neural self-control mechanism in decision-making in intertemporal choice (e.g. Hare et al. 2009, 2011 & 2014, Figner et al., 2010). Figner et al. (2010) ... -
Fungerar viktbaserad avfallstaxa som styrmedel för att minska mängden hushållsavfall
(2015-06-03)För att minska avfallsmängderna och öka källsorteringen har flera länder samt kommuner i Sverige valt att övergå från volymbaserad avfallstaxa till viktbaserad avfallstaxa. Göteborgs stad har successivt infört vikttaxa ... -
Capital Structure and Stock Returns - A study of the Swedish large cap companies
(2015-06-03)This study uses multiple regression models to examine how capital structure and stock returns affect each other. Using a panel data study that includes 50 Swedish companies over a period of five years, the results show ... -
Economic inequality and HIV in South Africa
(2015-05-29)The aim of this thesis is to study the association between economic inequality and HIV in South Africa, since relatively recent research has suggested that economic inequality may be a structural driver in the HIV ... -
What factors affect the capital structure of real estate firms? An analysis between listed firms on the European market
(2015-05-21)This thesis examines what factors that affect the capital structure of 84 listed real estate firms within the European Union for ten years during 2003-2012. To identify factors that affect capital structure a literature ... -
Corruption and health in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2015-04-28)The impact of health on economic growth has been widely discussed in previous literature. The literature indicates that a healthier population leads to economic growth. This thesis studies the relationship between corruption ... -
Is the spread of knowledge the key to decrease HIV/AIDS prevalence in South Africa?
(2015-04-13)The thesis aims to measure the impact HIV/AIDS knowledge has on risk-related behavior among youths in rural areas of South Africa; a country with the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence in the world. The HIV/AIDS problem of South ...