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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 35 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Difference-in-difference.
1. Who benefits when IKEA enters local markets in Sweden? : An empirical assessment using difference-in-difference analysis, synthetic control methods, and Twitter sentiment analysis
Sammanfattning : Policy makers often spend considerable amounts of money to attract IKEA to their region despite not having any empirical measurements on its expected contribution to the local economy. As such, an empirical study of the economic and social impact of new IKEA stores can aid political decision making, and contribute to the literature regarding how big-box retail entry affects the regions where they enter. LÄS MER
2. Multinationals, employment and wages : microeconomic evidence from Swedish manufacturing
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis, consisting of four essays, is to study the effects of multinationals and inward FDI on employment and wage formation in Swedish manufacturing during the 1990s. Paper [1] (co-authored with Patrik Karpaty) investigates the employment effects of foreign acquisitions in acquired firms in Swedish manufacturing during the 1990s. LÄS MER
3. Empirical Essays on Housing Allowance, Housing Wealth, and Aggregate Consumption
Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of four self-contained essays.Essay I (with Cecilia Enström Öst) investigates whether housing allowance affects recipients’ tenure choice in Sweden. LÄS MER
4. Essays on total factor productivity (TFP)
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of two self-contained empirical essays. Essay I investigates the impact of labor subsidies on TFP, and profit per employee is included as a second outcome. Coarsened exact matching (CEM) is performed on the key variables. After matching, a difference-in-difference (DID) model is applied. LÄS MER
5. Fish and Ships in the Baltic Sea - Prices, Demand and Management
Sammanfattning : The essay discusses different aspects of the market for fish from the Baltic Sea. The first chapter introduces the subject and discusses why the market for fish is interesting and in particular why analyses of first-hand market prices can give insights into the effects of new regulations or natural variations changing the conditions for fisheries. LÄS MER