Sökning: "institutional economics"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 434 avhandlingar innehållade orden institutional economics.

  1. 21. The Evolution of Competition : The Role of Institutional Ownership, Measurement, and Regulation

    Författare :Tove Forsbacka; Richard Friberg; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis consists of three self-contained essays on how competition has evolved over time. The Proxy Advice Industry and Common Owners’ Coordination examines the link between ownership structure and competition. Ownership today is concentrated to large institutional investors who often hold shares in competing firms. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Understanding Firm Behavior : The Role of Recruitments and Institutional Reforms

    Författare :Anton Nyrenström Gidehag; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Dan Johansson; Niklas Rudholm; Christian Bjørnskov; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Recruitment; knowledge spillover; labor cost; labor demand; employment; immigrants; payroll tax; wages; tax evasion;

    Sammanfattning : The topic of this thesis is firm behavior and how it is shaped by institutional changes and firms’ recruitment decisions.The first essay studies how the recruitment decisions made by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affect their subsequent productivity development. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Participatory Governance and Public Service Provision

    Författare :Serena Cocciolo; Jakob Svensson; Anna Tompsett; Ingvild Almås; Michelle Brock; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Community-Driven Development; Participatory development; Community decision-making; Participation; Safe water; Preferences; Beliefs; Policy design; Impact evaluation; Field experiment; Lab-in-the-field experiment; Randomized Controlled Trial; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : How do Community Contribution Requirements Affect Local Public Good Provision? Experimental Evidence from Safe Water Sources in Bangladesh We exploit the random assignment of communities selected to receive a safe drinking water program to various contribution requirements: cash, labor or no requirement to contribute. Imposing a cash contribution requirement greatly decreases program take-up, while imposing a labour contribution does not. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Institutions, Political Cycles and Corruption : Essays on Dynamic Political Economy of Government

    Författare :Yinan Li; John Hassler; Gerard Padró i Miquel; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Institutions; Political Cycles; Corruption; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three essays in Political Economy:“China’s Political Business Cycle” uncovers the fact that the timing of China’s business cycle correlates to the timing of the Communist Party’s Congress and constructs a theory to explain the mechanism of the political business cycle. An empirical test of the theory derives a result consistent with the predictions of the theory. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Bankens natur : miljöfrågans genomslag i svenska banker

    Författare :Maths Lundgren; Sören Christensen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on a previously anomalous and neglected issue that became common order and regarded as beneficial to traditional goals of Swedish banks. Before 1995, environmental issues were seen as irrelevant in banking, mainly because "banks have no production". LÄS MER