Sökning: "Economic incentives"

Visar resultat 26 - 30 av 292 avhandlingar innehållade orden Economic incentives.

  1. 26. Incentives and Norms in Social Insurance: Applications, Identification and Inference

    Författare :Johan Vikström; Per Johansson; John Ham; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five self-contained essays. Essay 1: (with Patrik Hesselius and Per Johansson) This essay tests if social work norms are important for work absence using a large scale randomised experiment. LÄS MER

  3. 27. Privatisation of the IT Sector in Sweden

    Författare :Kent Springdal; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk teori; ekonometri; organisational change; Privatisation; property rights; transformation; Economics; public choice; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; Nationalekonomi; economic policy; management; Företagsledning; Management of enterprises; ekonomisk politik;

    Sammanfattning : The majority of research on privatisation has been driven by, inter alia, economics. Some economists have argued that private ownership introduces capital market pressures into inefficient state bureaucracies. Private property rights are expected to maximise the incentives for management to achieve a high level of production efficiency. LÄS MER

  4. 28. Efficiency, Risk and Regulation Compliance: Applications to Lake Victoria fisheries

    Författare :Razack B. Lokina; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Incentives; Lake Victoria; remuneration; skipper skill; stochastic frontier; technical efficiency; Risk aversion; artisanal fishers; Tanzania; Nile perch; Dagaa; compliance; legitimacy; normative; deterrence.;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with artisanal fishers in Lake Victoria fisheries. The thesis consists of an introductory chapter and three self-contained papers, which make up the rest of the thesis chapters. LÄS MER

  5. 29. Essays on Behavioral and Experimental Economics – Cooperation, Emotions and Health

    Författare :Emil Persson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public goods; Minimum level; Voting; Framing; Emotion; Psychological game; Physician behavior; Incentives; Risk; Experiment;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers that explore issues in human behavior and their implications for policy design. The main method used in all four papers consists of lab experiments, a method that facilitates both variation in key institutional features to allow causal inference and analysis of sharp theoretical predictions in a clean environment. LÄS MER

  7. 30. Reforming a publicly owned monopoly : costs and incentives in railway maintenance

    Författare :Kristofer Odolinski; Jan-Eric Nilsson; Andrew Smith; Lars Hultkrantz; Marc Ivaldi; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Railway track; Maintenance; Contract; Incentive reward ; Competition; Cost; Quality; Economic efficiency; J01 Railway: Railway track; J01 Railway: Railway track; J13 Railway: Economics; J13 Railway: Economics; Economics;

    Sammanfattning : The railway system is often considered to be an industry where a monopoly occurs “naturally”, which can explain the public ownership and the use of regulations. However, railways in Europe have been subject to reforms during the last three decades. LÄS MER