Sökning: "Economic Behavior"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 326 avhandlingar innehållade orden Economic Behavior.
1. Essays on Expectations : Information, Formation and Outcomes
Sammanfattning : The first chapter investigates the relationship between economic media sentiment and individuals’ expectations and perceptions about economic conditions. We test if economic media sentiment Granger-causes individuals’ expectations and opinions concerning economic conditions, controlling for macroeconomic variables. LÄS MER
2. Sickness Insurance: Design and Behavior
Sammanfattning : The first essay presents the results from a questionnaire study of sickness insurance and sickness absence behavior in Sweden. In the first part, people’s preferences for the design of a sickness insurance are discussed. LÄS MER
3. An Economic Analysis of Marriage and Divorce
Sammanfattning : The first chapter develops a theoretical model of marriage and divorce. The model has two periods and assumes Pareto efficient time allocations. There is a risk of divorce in the second period, which is modeled as exogenously given. LÄS MER
4. Markov Regime Switching in Economic Time Series
Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies statistical properties and applications of the Markov switching models for economic time series in five separate papers. The two main statistical themes are (i) the task of choosing the number of states to use in the model, and (ii) inference on time-varying transition probabilities. LÄS MER
5. Economic Experiments on Behavior, Beliefs and Preferences
Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of four independent papers, which share the use of experimental methods. Using different settings – the field, the lab, an online platform, and telephone interviews – I study economic behavior and its underpinning beliefs and preferences. LÄS MER