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  1. 21. Essays on Saving, Borrowing and Intangible Capital

    Författare :Maria Sandström; Nils Gottfries; Johan Lyhagen; Torben Mideksa; David Domeij; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intangible Capital; Markups; Economic Profit; Household Savings; Pension Reform; Heterogeneous Agents; Monetary Policy Shocks; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I: Can an increasing importance of intangible capital in the economy explain increases in markups and profits? I use a heterogeneous firm model to show how intangible capital is related to markups and profits at the industry level. The uncertainty and scalability properties of intangible capital imply that firms that succeed in their intangible capital investment can charge high markups relative to other firms, whereas firms that fail will exit. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Assessment of Interruption Costs in Electric Power Systems using the Weibull-Markov Mode

    Författare :Jasper van Casteren; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; semi-Markov model; interruption cost; power system reliability; customer damage function; duration distribution; reliability worth;

    Sammanfattning : Modern competitive electricity markets do not ask for power systems with the highest possible technical perfection, but for systems with the highest possible economic efficiency. Higher efficiency can only be reached when accurate and flexible analysis tools are used. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Macroeconomic policies and the balance of payments

    Författare :Anders Vredin; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a study of the relation between macroeconomic policies and the balance of payments. It is focused on institutional factors and empirical regularities pertaining to the Swedish economy. A major topic is the question whether there is any theoretical and empirical evidence that Sweden has some monetary autonomy. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Benefit Design, Retirement Decisions and Welfare Within and Across Generations in Defined Contribution Pension Schemes

    Författare :Yuwei Zhao de Gosson de Varennes; Per Johansson; Edward Palmer; Tommy Bengtsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NDC; ageing population; life expectancy projection; Lee-Carter Model; benefit design; social gap in life expectancy; rate of change in mortality; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay 1 (with Juha Alho and Edward Palmer): All around the world, public pension schemes are moving in the direction of non-financial (NDC) and financial defined contribution (DC) schemes.  Both rely on accurate projections of life expectancy in the creation of annuities. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Antagonistic Gateways in the Transport Network in a Supply Chain Perspective

    Författare :Daniel Ekwall; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; transport networks; supply chain management; risk management; crime prevention; cargo crimes;

    Sammanfattning : The World Trade Centre terror attack in 2001 changed the world and with it the conditions for logistics world-wide. The aftermath to the attack brought needed attention to the vulnerability of modern supply chains. LÄS MER