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  1. 16. Empirical essays on Regional Specialization and Trade in Sweden

    Författare :Hanna Norberg; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; market size; scale economies; technological differences; factor-proportions; Regional production; trade; concentration.; International commerce; Internationell ekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the empirical testing of trade theories, traditionally used to analyze international trade, using regional data on production and trade. This thesis consists of three main essays. In the first essay, we analyze Swedish regional production. LÄS MER

  2. 17. Splitting and Measuring Intra-Industry Trade

    Författare :Joakim Gullstrand; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic policy; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economies of Scale; Economics; Specialisation; Horizontal and Vertical Intra-Industry Trade; Income Distribution; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Commercial and industrial economics; Industriell ekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims at shedding light on three important issues related to intra-industry trade (IIT); the relevance of demand patterns, horizontal versus vertical IIT, and the measurement of IIT. Chapter two analyses IIT between high and low-income countries, and uses a theoretical model that explains the exchange of similar products of different qualities. LÄS MER

  3. 18. The economics of household packaging waste : norms, effectiveness and policy design

    Författare :Olle Hage; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introduction and four self-contained papers, which all deal with the economic effectiveness of the Swedish producer responsibility for packaging materials. Paper I analyzes the determinants of household packaging recycling efforts in Sweden by employing data on households' self-reported behavior. LÄS MER

  4. 19. Ford Motor Company's acquisition of Volvo Cars : the R&D integration process problems and problem areas

    Författare :Magnus Lundbäck; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
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    Sammanfattning : It is of great importance for automobile companies to achieve benefits of scale in the development of new products because of the high costs involved. During the 1990s the probability of achieving benefits of scale, in order to make the needed savings, has changed dramatically. LÄS MER

  5. 20. Dynamic Investment Models, Employment Generation and Productivity – Evidence from Swedish Data

    Författare :Yoshihiro Sato; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; uncertainty; capacity utilization; real options model; firm-level panel data; economies of scale; non-homothetic production function; entrepreneurial firms; employment generation; productivity; post-entry performance;

    Sammanfattning : See abstracts in GUPEA.... LÄS MER