Sökning: "Factor content of trade"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Factor content of trade.

  1. 1. Essays in International Trade : Measurement, Product Quality, Input-Output Modelling and Tax Evasion

    Författare :Lars M Widell; Lars Lundberg; Lars Hultkrantz; Daniela Andrén; Joakim Gullstrand; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Factor content of trade; human capital; vertical intra-industry trade; product quality; Input–output modelling; CTA; ITA; Tax Evasion; Africa; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four independent essays that deal with several measurement aspects within the field of international trade. The measurement problems addressed are related to measuring the human capital content of trade in exports relative to imports or measuring tax evasionEssay 1, The Human Capital Content of Trade and its Measurement. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Microeconomic Policy for Development: Essays on Trade and Environment, Poverty and Education

    Författare :Miguel Quiroga; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; absenteeism; aggregation bias; comparative advantage; decomposition analysis; education; environmental endowment; environmental regulation; factor content; geography; hyperbolic discounting; living standards; mandatory attendance; non-homothetic preferences; pollution haven; Porter hypothesis; poverty; present-biased preferences; teaching; time-inconsistent preferences; trade;

    Sammanfattning : Abstracts This thesis contains three papers analyzing different issues. Paper 1: “Do Countries with Lax Environmental Regulations Have a Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries?” We study whether lax environmental regulations induce comparative advantages, causing the least-regulated countries to specialize in polluting industries. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Empirical essays on Regional Specialization and Trade in Sweden

    Författare :Hanna Norberg; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; market size; scale economies; technological differences; factor-proportions; Regional production; trade; concentration.; International commerce; Internationell ekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the empirical testing of trade theories, traditionally used to analyze international trade, using regional data on production and trade. This thesis consists of three main essays. In the first essay, we analyze Swedish regional production. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Sjöfart på stormigt hav : Sjömannen och Svensk Sjöfarts tidning inför den nazistiska utmaningen 1932-1945

    Författare :Martin Estvall; Lars Olsson; Lars M Andersson; Håkan Blomqvist; Växjö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; 20th century; neutrality; economic history; shipping history; World War II; Swedish trade; anti-Semitism; the Holocaust; 1933-1945; social categorisation; Nazism; nationalism; national-socialism; antifascism; anti-Nazism; resistance; racism; class; working-class movement; Sjömannen; Svensk Sjöfarts Tidning; Sjöfolksförbundet; Sveriges Redareförening; 1900-talet; neutralitet; ekonomisk historia; sjöfartshistoria; andra världskriget; Förintelsen; antisemitism; svensk handel; 1933-1945; antinazism; motstånd; rasism; klass; History; Historia; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to discuss German Nazism and Nazi Germany from the point of view of two specific representatives, namely, labour and capital. This has been facilitated by analysing the content of the Swedish Seamen’s Union’s newspaper, The Seafarer [Sjömannen] and its union counterpart, the Swedish Shipowners Association’s periodical, Scandinavian Shipping Gazette [Svensk Sjöfarts Tidning], from November 1932 up to and including 1945. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Interdisciplinary integration in complex product development : managerial implications of embedding software in manufactured goods

    Författare :Niklas Adamsson; Margareta E. B. Norell Bergendahl; Martin Törngren; Annika Zika-Viktorsson; Pär Åhlström; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :Complex product development; interdisciplinary integration; technology fusion; systems engineering; new product development; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

    Sammanfattning : Incorporating electronics and software systems into manufactured goods is becoming very common in manufacturing companies. New technical functions, increased flexibility, and compensation for mechanical design weaknesses are some key drivers of this technological change in our everyday products. LÄS MER