Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Studies on Household Labor Supply and Home Production
(2003)This thesis consists of four self-contained empirical studies on different topics in labor economics based on the Swedish data. Short summaries on each paper are given below: Paper [1]: The aim is to construct models ... -
Aspects of Macroeconomic Saving
(2003)This thesis deals with various aspects of macroeconomic saving. It consists of an introduction and four self-contained papers. Paper I, "From closed to open door policy: An empirical study of China's international capital ... -
Environmental Taxation - Empirical and Theoretical Applications
(2003)This thesis consists of five self-contained articles, and hence each paper can be read independently. Still, all five papers have one important feature in common: environmental taxation. Paper 1: The Phase-Out of Leaded ... -
Essays on Earnings and Human Capital in Kenya
(2003)Among Sub-Sahara Africa countries, Kenya has had a rapid educational expansion. This dissertation provides empirical analyses of the impact of education on labor earnings in Kenya, based on surveys of manufacturing firms ... -
Essays on Insurance Economics
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Essays on discrimination, welfare and labor supply
(2002)This thesis consists of five papers in applied labor economics. The first two papers are related to wage discrimination between males and females, whereas the next two papers are related to labor supply and welfare ... -
Essays on Poverty, Risk and Consumption Dynamics in Ethiopia
(2006)Paper 1. This paper analysed the state of poverty and income distribution in rural and urban Ethiopia during 1994-2000. Poverty declined from 1994 to 1997, and then increased to 2000. This finding is consistent with major ... -
Essays in Institutional and Development Economics
(2006)Paper 1: “Congo: The Prize of Predation” Abstract: The article analyzes the war against Mobutu (1996–97) and the more recent war (1998– ) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with particular attention to greed and ...