Kandidatuppsatser / Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik: Recent submissions
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Do long waiting times worsen health outcomes of patients with cardiovascular diseases? A study using data from SHARE survey
(2018-07-09)Long hospital waits are causing frustrations among patients and are a fiercely debated topic in many OECD countries. Peoples are worrying about that long waiting times might cause deterioration in patients’ health. This ... -
Diversification possibilities in the Swedish financial markets - A correlation analysis of the returns of stock, bonds and real estate
(2018-07-09)The purpose of this study is to analyse the risk-adjusted returns of Swedish stocks, Swedish fixed income gov.- bonds and real estate return over the last 8 years in combination with the time-varying aspects of the correlation ... -
Borde vi gå före? En kvantitativ studie på göteborgares betalningsvilja för olika klimatmål
(2018-07-06)This study aims to investigate the willingness to pay for two climate mitigation targets among the citizens of Gothenburg. The studied targets were the Swedish commitment within the Paris Agreement and the national target ... -
Is Investment Leakage for the Swedish FDI-flows Caused by the EU ETS? A study examining the connection between the EU Emission Trading System and Swedish foreign direct investment flows in the iron and steel sector
(2018-07-06)In the recent decades, the subject of a shift of emission from regions with stringent regulation to developing countries has arisen. At the same time, regulated countries such as Sweden has experienced less industrial ... -
Vad kostar depression och ångest samhället? en kostnadssammanställning för Sverige
(2018-07-06)Mental illness is a highly topical problem for which the attention does not seem to abate. This thesis is a cost of illness study focused on 15 diagnoses within the psychiatrically classified ITC-codes, where depression, ... -
Is it wrong to assume economic growth promotes well-being in society?
(2018-07-05)Economic growth has for long been implicitly assumed to promote well-being in society, but lately scholars in the field of happiness research have raised critique towards this assumption. This paper investigate the ... -
Credit Fuelled Asset Prices and Financial Stability - Is there a causal relationship between credit growth and stock market prices?
(2018-07-05)This thesis investigates the causal relationship between credit growth and stock market prices over the time period 1981-2017 in the US, the UK and Sweden. By performing a Granger causality test to examine if credit affects ... -
How much can an increased solar power production actually benefit rural, energy-poor areas of Africa?
(2018-07-03)There has been a surge in solar power in the last decade which has opened up possibilities for rural, energy poor areas to become electrified. Access to electricity is fundamental for economic growth and human prosperity ... -
Tillgång och konkurrens. Etablering av fristående gymnasieskolor på den svenska skolmarknaden
(2018-07-03)This thesis analyzes the determinants of entry of independent upper secondary schools following the Swedish school reform, introduced in 1992. We have used a cumulative logistic distribution function to find what characterizes ... -
The impact of the Equal Pay Act of 2003 on gender equality in the Illinois labour market
(2018-07-02)Using data extracted through the Current Population Survey (CPS), this thesis evaluates the effects of the Illinois 2003 Equal Pay Act and its amendments. This is done through studying the effects that the implementation ... -
Does place of residence impact labour market participation? - A quantitative study of foreign-born women in Sweden
(2018-06-29)This paper examines the relationship between the employment rate of foreign-born women and their place of residence. Segregation in Sweden has been increasing along with differences in income and employment between the ... -
Ger Eurovision Song Contest en ökad turism?
(2018-06-28)Countries, regions and cities, often in great competition, seek to arrange large and expensive events. The economic efficacy of arranging these events is a question being debated in the political and academic world alike. ... -
Kinesiska direktinvesteringar i Afrika
(2018-06-28)This study examines how Chinese foreign direct investments (FDI) affect the social development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Social development is measured as human development index (HDI) and inequality-adjusted human ... -
Paid family leave Policy in California - First, ever implemented in the United States of America
(2018-06-26)In this essay, we examine the effects of a gender-neutral policy that was implemented in California in 2004. The policy, Paid family leave, is the first policy in the US that offers a financial compensation to both parents ... -
The relationship between foreign direct investments and exchange rates - A quantitative analysis of how the exchange rate is affecting the FDI inflows in South Korea and China
(2018-06-26)This study investigates the effect of exchange rate movements on foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. According to previous studies, it seems to be a significant correlation between exchange rate movements and the FDI ... -
Politisk jämställdhet – vägen till minskad korruption?
(2018-06-26)The main purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of political gender equality on corruption levels worldwide. The following hypotheses are examined: (1) The effect of political gender equality on corruption levels ... -
Vart är vi på väg? En nationalekonomisk studie av att kombinera två styrmedel. Hur påverkas välfärden och klimatet?
(2018-06-26)Den 1 april 2018 infördes en passagerarskatt på kommersiella flygresor i Sverige för att minska flygets klimatpåverkan. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka huruvida flygskatten för inrikesresor har satts till en ... -
Utvärdering av supermiljöbilspremien - en regression discontinuity analys
(2018-06-26)För att nå de svenska klimatmålen måste transportsektorns koldioxidutsläpp minska. Tidigare studier visar att subventioner för personbilar med miljövänlig teknik kan ha en positiv effekt på efterfrågan av dessa bilar, men ... -
ETT HANDSLAG MED PIOTROSKI - BETYDELSEN AV HANDELSVOLYM OCH OMSÄTTNINGSHASTIGHET
(2018-05-21)This paper examines and continues the findings of Piotroski (2000) when applied to U.S. data from 2004-2014. By sorting companies according to fundamental values, historical turnover rates and trading volume, three models ... -
I FLYKTINGKRISENS SPÅR - En paneldata-analys över andel utrikes födda, flyktingar och dess effekt på löner.
(2018-04-11)In this essay, we examine if the share of foreign born citizens’ effects average income of different occupations in a region. Further we examine if those effects are due to the number of refugees that the region has ...