Sökning: "Contagion"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 33 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Contagion.
1. From interest contagion to perspective sharing : How social attention affects children's performance in false-belief tasks
Sammanfattning : A large amount of socio-cognitive research has been devoted to questions about different perspectives – how do we understand that other people can have their own perspectives on reality. This is typically studied with so called false-belief-tasks (FBTs), which are experimental tasks designed to tap into an ability to understand that other people may have beliefs differing from our own (perspective-taking). LÄS MER
2. Neighbors at Risk : A Quantitative Study of Civil War Contagion
Sammanfattning : While previous research shows that civil wars can spread to neighboring states, we do not know why certain neighbors are more at risk than others. To address this research gap, this dissertation proposes a contagion process approach that can identify the most likely targets of contagion effects from an ongoing conflict. LÄS MER
3. Collective Collapse and Performance Contagion in Basketball
Sammanfattning : In this thesis, collective collapse in basketball is investigated. Although experienced by most team sport players, the phenomenon still puzzles the world of sports. Collective collapse is described as a sudden decrease in performance quality by a sport team, often with a devastating effect on the game outcome. LÄS MER
4. Taxes, Nudges, and Conformity : Essays in Labor and Behavioral Economics
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four papers summarized as follows.Do Payroll Tax Cuts Raise Youth Employment? We study whether payroll tax reductions are an effective means to raise youth employment. In 2007, the Swedish employer-paid payroll tax was cut on a large scale for young workers, substantially reducing labor costs for this group. LÄS MER
5. Essays in Financial Economics
Sammanfattning : Chapter 1 develops a framework to investigate the impact of the financial crisis starting in 2007 and employs an extended GARCH model to test for spillover and contagion effects originating from the financial sector. We find that the financial crisis affects financially distressed firms more heavily than non-distressed firms. LÄS MER