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  1. 1. Aspiring to a higher rank: Swedish factor prices and productivity in international perspective, 1860-1950

    Författare :Svante Prado; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; convergence; comparative productivity; TFP; factor prices; real wages; employment; land prices; industrialisation; GPT; GDP; economic growth; Swedish historical national accounts; manufacturing; labour productivity;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of four chapters which expand on the Swedish economic development in an international perspective between 1860 and 1950. The overarching theme is how the Swedish rise, from backwardness to prosperity, is best understood. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Såld spannmål av kyrkotionden : Priser i Östergötland under Sveriges stormaktstid

    Författare :Göran Hansson; Olle Krantz; Magnus Lindmark; Johan Söderberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Economic history; price history; relative prices; wages; price cycles; Östergötland; food consumtion; price comparisons; price index; bad harvests; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis presents annual price series for rye and barley in Östergötland during the period 1592-1735. Prices of wheat, oats, animal products, building materials, iron, nails, horse shoes and horse shoe nails from about the mid-17th century up to 1735 are also presented and analysed. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Essays on Industrial Development and Political Economy of Africa

    Författare :Eyerusalem G. Siba; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agglomeration economies; African manufacturing; Credit constraints; Darfur; Ethiopia; Ethnic cleansing; Growth; Informal sector; New firms; Poverty trap; Prices; Productivity; Resource struggle; Returns to capital; Survival; Skills.;

    Sammanfattning : Paper 1: Returns to Capital and Informality. We study the pattern of returns to capital in the formal and informal manufacturing sectors in Ethiopia. We use a rich panel dataset of manufacturing firms in the formal sector for the period 1996-2006 and two rounds of repeated cross-sectional data of the urban informal sector firms. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Consequences of Poor Housing : Essays on Urban and Health Economics

    Författare :Fredrik Hansson; Matz Dahlberg; Che-Yuan Liang; Aline Bütikofer; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban; health; education; in utero; pollution; radiation; uranium; radon; housing prices; happiness; well-being; urbanization; growth; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I: Research shows that low fetal doses of radiation from nuclear catastrophes and atmospheric test bombings of nuclear weapons cause cognitive birth defects. These events are uncommon and the radioactive isotopes they create rarely reach harmful levels in nature. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Essays on Macroeconomics and Political Economy

    Författare :Jinfeng Ge; John Hassler; Espen Moen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Relative price; Bargaining; Incomplete contract; Ricardian model of labor market; directed search; Free-rider problem; Markov perfect equilibrium; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays dealing with different aspects of macroeconomics and political Economy.The Relative Price of Investment Goods and Sectoral Contract DependenceI develop a quantitative model to explain the relationship between TFPs at the aggregate and sector levels and contracting institutions across countries. LÄS MER