Sökning: "Economic incentives"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 292 avhandlingar innehållade orden Economic incentives.

1. 11. Essays on the Interplay between Multinational Enterprises and Spatial Economies

   Författare :Simon Falck; Hans Westlund; Folke Snickars; Henrik Blomgren; Lars Westin; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Multinational Enterprises; Foreign Direct Investment; Firm location; Spillovers; Regional Development Policy and Analysis; Spatial Distributions of Economic Activity; Functional regions; Sweden;

   Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis concerns the interplay between multinational enterprises (MNE) and spatial economies, with an orientation towards the location and spillover effects of inward foreign direct investments (FDI). The thesis consists of four essays that are self-contained studies. LÄS MER

3. 12. Energy Transitions, Economic Growth and Structural Change: Portugal in a Long-run Comparative Perspective

   Författare :Sofia Henriques; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; energy; natural resources; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Portugal; industrialization; service transition; structural change; electrification; XIX and XX centuries.;

   Sammanfattning : This book analyses, in an international comparative context, Portugal´s energy transition from organic sources to fossil fuels in the period 1856-2006. It investigates the role that energy played in the industrialization of the country and how the relationship between energy and economic growth changed with the transition from an industrial to a service society. LÄS MER

4. 13. Asymmetric Information and The Production of Health

   Författare :Mattias Lundbäck; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomisk teori; ekonometri; Nationalekonomi; economic policy; economic theory; economic systems; Economics; econometrics; reimbursement; health care; moral hazard; quality; asymmetric information; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Hospital science and management; Sjukhusforskning; sjukhusförvaltning; Pharmacological sciences; pharmacognosy; pharmacy; toxicology; Farmakologi; farmakognosi; farmaci; toxikologi;

   Sammanfattning : The common theme of this thesis is the analysis of asymmetric information when applied to the market for health care production. The thesis consists of six more or less independent papers and an introduction to the thesis were purpose and methodology are stated (part one). Part two is an investigation into the pricing of pharmaceuticals in Sweden. LÄS MER

5. 14. Designing Public Organizations and Institutions: Essays on Coordination and Incentives

   Författare :Jens Dietrichson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizations; institutions; coordination; incentives; performance measurement; communication; budget processes; local governments; fiscal performance; bailouts;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introduction and four self-contained chapters that address issues of how organizations and institutions should be designed in order to provide adequate incentives and enable coordination. The first essay uses a multi-task principal-agent model to examine two reasons why coordination problems are common when public sector organizations share responsibilities: the incentives to coordinate resource allocation and the difficulties of measuring performance. LÄS MER

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   Författare :Klas Bergenheim; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonometri; Nationalekonomi; economic policy; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; toxikologi; farmaci; Pharmaceutical R D; Patents; Pricing of Pharmaceuticals; Real Options; Pharmacological sciences; pharmacy; pharmacognosy; toxicology; farmakognosi; Farmakologi; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

   Sammanfattning : The first paper, Pharmaceutical R&D: a real option approach, considers the process of pharmaceutical R&D analyzed with real option theory. This process is analyzed as an opportunity to research and develop a new pharmaceutical. Contrary to other models using real option analysis I use an option that takes time to exercise. LÄS MER