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1. 11. Social and Economic Factors in Decision Making under Uncertainty : Five Essays in Behavioral Economics

   Författare :Kinga Posadzy; Peter Martinsson; Gustav Tinghög; Pablo Brañas Garza; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; behavioral economics; experimental economics; social factors; coordination; competition; deciding for others; mental accounting;

   Sammanfattning : The objective of this thesis is to improve the understanding of human behavior that goes beyond monetary rewards. In particular, it investigates social influences in individual’s decision making in situations that involve coordination, competition, and deciding for others. Further, it compares how monetary and social outcomes are perceived. LÄS MER

3. 12. Conflict, Cooperation and Coordination : Essays in Game Theory and Experimental Economics

   Författare :Mark Bernard; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four independent papers from two categories. The first two papers are theoretical whereas the other two report results from laboratory experiments. What unites all four papers is that they are concerned with game theory, i.e. LÄS MER

4. 13. The justification and legitimacy of the active welfare state : some philosophical aspects

   Författare :Mikael Dubois; Sven Ove Hansson; Stuart White; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Political philosophy; social justice; justification; legitimacy; welfare state; social insurance; prevention; conditionality; active welfare state; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis has two aims. The first aim is to set out an argument for social insurance in the form of compulsory income insurance in the event of sickness or unemployment, and to explore two lines of arguments for social insurance policies that are commonly associated with an active welfare state that seeks to prevent or reduce reliance on social insurance. LÄS MER

5. 14. Essays on Mechanism Design

   Författare :Albin Erlanson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Multi-item auctions; Strategy-proofness; Package assignment;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis makes a contribution to mechanism design: a field of economic theory concerned with constructing and analyzing economic mechanisms. Examples include design of auctions, voting systems, school choice, kidney exchange and many more. The thesis consists of four separate papers. LÄS MER

7. 15. Distributed Multiple Access and Service Differentiation Algorithms for Wireless Networks

   Författare :Thomas Nilsson; Per-Åke Wedin; Jerry Eriksson; Lennart Bondesson; Andrzej Duda; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Wireless Local Area Networks; Medium Access Control; Quality of Service; Resource Allocation; IEEE 802.11; IEEE 802.11e; Datatransmission; Datatransmission;

   Sammanfattning : Communicating over a wireless channel poses many unique challenges not found in wired communication because of the special characteristics of the wireless channel. The capacity in a wireless network is typically scarce as a result of the limited bandwidth and many distinct phenomenons, like attenuation and interference, that work destructively on the received signals. LÄS MER