Sökning: "Government Spending"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 40 avhandlingar innehållade orden Government Spending.

  1. 11. Empirical Essays in Public and Political Economics

    Författare :Jonas Klarin; Eva Mörk; Luca Repetto; Francesco Sobbrio; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I: This paper proposes a novel approach to the issue of size, cost-efficiency and economies of scale by focusing on the break-up of municipalities. Municipal break-ups are an understudied phenomenon that nevertheless has been recurrent not only in parts of eastern Europe, but also in Spain and Sweden. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Essays on Politics and Health Economics

    Författare :Linuz Aggeborn; Eva Mörk; Mikael Elinder; Kaisa Kotakorpi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Fluoride; Cognitive ability; Non-cognitive ability; Income; Education; Employment; Dental health; Political Leadership; American politics; Regression discontinuity; Voter turnout; Local public finance; Sweden; Finland; Right-wing populism; welfare chauvinism; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I (with Mattias Öhman): Fluoridation of the drinking water is a public policy whose aim is to improve dental health. Although the evidence is clear that fluoride is good for dental health, concerns have been raised regarding potential negative effects on cognitive development. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Governance and structural adjustment programs : effects on investment, growth, and income distribution

    Författare :Tove Strauss; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of three essays (and a short introductory chapter). Essay 1: Growth and Government - Is there a Difference between Developed and Developing Countries? In this essay we examine the role of government for growth in 64 industrialized and developing countries, considering both expenditure and financing aspects of government. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Trade-offs in Achieving Human Development Goals for Bangladesh

    Författare :Yeasmin Sayeed; Lars Hultkrantz; Jörgen Levin; Arne Bigsten; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Even though Bangladesh has made progress towards reaching some of the Millennium  Development  Goals (MDGs), it is still a major challenge for the government to further reduce poverty and improve human developments,  in particular achieving a 100 percent primary-school completion rate. As foreign aid is declining, resources need to be mobilized either by taxation or borrowing. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Essays on Empirical Macroeconomics

    Författare :Dario Caldara; John Hassler; Giancarlo Corsetti; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Fiscal Policy; Identification; Vector Autoregression; Recursive Preferences; Perturbation; DSGE Models; Business Cycle Accounting; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four essays in empirical macroeconomics. What Are the Effects of Fiscal Policy Shocks? A VAR-Based Comparative Analysis The literature using structural vector autoregressions (SVARs) to assess the effects of fiscal policy shocks strongly disagrees on the qualitative and quantitative response of key macroeconomic variables. LÄS MER