School of Business, Economics and Law / Handelshögskolan: Recent submissions
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Skolan och informationstekniken - en fallstudie av grundskolan i Stenungsund
(2003)This paper is the first of six case studies in a research project ”The school and information- and communication technology (ICT)”. This one is taking place in the municipality of Stenungsund. The results from the study ... -
Habit Formation in the Environmental Quality: Dynamic Optimal Environmental Taxation
(2003)In this article we propose a model in which individuals experience habit formation in environmental quality. Further, a consumption good causes a negative external effect on the environment. The intertemporal utility ... -
The open economy excess sensitivity hypothesis: Theory and Swedish evidence
(2003)This paper extends the theory of open economy consumption behavior by applying Flavin's (1993) excess sensitivity hypothesis (ESH) to the current account. The ESH can be interpreted as a generalization of the open economy ... -
Managerial Positions and Generational Change. A study in the Health Care Sector of the Västra Götaland County
(2003)The study highlights a number of circumstances that constitutes as incentives for changing the management within the health care sector. Today the physicians and the medical competence are not necessarily regarded as "the ... -
Technological Opportunities and Growth in the Natural Resource Sector
(2003)Both technological and natural resource possibilities seem to evolve in cycles. The “Resource Opportunity Model” in this paper introduces the technological opportunity thinking into natural resource modeling. The natural ... -
Nätnyttomodellens regleringsprincip – En kritisk analys med fokus på samhällsekonomisk effektivitet på kort och lång sikt
(2003)The Swedish Energy Agency is currently developing a performance assessment model for grid companies. The model relates total revenue to a standard cost based on a fictitious grid. This paper discusses a major theoretical ... -
Globalisation and the Asia-Pacific Revival
(2003)This paper reviews evidence on the evolution of international economic integration of Asia-Pacific countries, and discusses the extent to which this explains their recent growth success. It starts with a review of some ... -
Skolan och informationstekniken - en fallstudie av grundskola och gymnasium i Alingsås
(2003)This paper is the second of six case studies in a research project ”The school and information- and communication technology (ICT)”. This study is taking place in the municipality of Alingsås. The results of the study show ... -
On Monetary Integration and Macroeconomic Policy
(2003)This thesis contains one general introduction and three separate papers. The papers are fairly heterogeneous with respect to the topics analysed, as well as to the methodologies used. Some common themes, though, are monetary ... -
Reference-Dependent Utility in an Industrial Cluster
(2003)This article tries to explain the exceptional levels of knowledge creation in certain industrial clusters, levels that are seemingly higher than what is implied by the usual models of atomistic agents who do not internalize ... -
The Effects of Economic and Political Freedom on CO2 Emissions
(2003)In this paper we investigate the effects of political and economic freedom on CO2 emissions. As far as we know this is the first cross-country study of the relationship between economic freedom and environmental quality. ... -
The Effect of Addiction on Environmental Taxation in a First and Second-best world
(2003)We examine the effect of addictive behavior on a socially optimal environmental tax. If utility in part depends on past consumption and individuals are time-consistent, the socially optimal environmental tax is shown to ... -
Förändring och överföring av kompetens inom ett industriföretag – ett komplext interaktivt ingenjörsarbete
(2003)Change and transfer of competence within an industrial company – complex and interactive engineering. This paper presents how transfer of knowledge and competence occurs in relation to a major organizational change. The ... -
Using stated preference methods to evaluate the impact of water on health: the case of metropolitan Cairo
(2003)This paper analysis the impact of better water quality on health improvements using two stated preference methods: choice experiments and the contingent valuation method. These methods were administered to a random sample ... -
Svenska företag i deckarromaner 1943-2001
(2003)Fiction offers many interesting insights to students of management. In the first place, many novels contain elements of historical ethnographies, portraying the ways of life – and organizing – that vanished in the past. ... -
On the Political Economy of Municipality Break-Ups
(2003)This thesis deals with politico-economic aspects of municipality break-ups. It consists of an introduction and three self-contained papers. Paper I: The Break-up of Municipalities – Voting Behavior in Local Referenda This ... -
On Institutions, Economic Growth and the Environment
(2003)This thesis analyzes economic growth and the environment by including institutional aspects and specific innovation mechanisms. It contains an introduction and five separate studies. Paper 1: The Effect of Democracy on ... -
Leveransalternativ för e-handel med dagligvaror
(2003)In order to attain sustainability for the industry, the inhabitants and the environment, it is important to study city goods transportation systems. Reasons for focusing on e-grocery (groceries shopped over the Internet) ...