Sökning: "environmental endowment"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden environmental endowment.

1. 1. Microeconomic Policy for Development: Essays on Trade and Environment, Poverty and Education

   Författare :Miguel Quiroga; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; absenteeism; aggregation bias; comparative advantage; decomposition analysis; education; environmental endowment; environmental regulation; factor content; geography; hyperbolic discounting; living standards; mandatory attendance; non-homothetic preferences; pollution haven; Porter hypothesis; poverty; present-biased preferences; teaching; time-inconsistent preferences; trade;

   Sammanfattning : Abstracts This thesis contains three papers analyzing different issues. Paper 1: “Do Countries with Lax Environmental Regulations Have a Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries?” We study whether lax environmental regulations induce comparative advantages, causing the least-regulated countries to specialize in polluting industries. LÄS MER

3. 2. Environmental and Behavioral Economics - Applications to China

   Författare :Haoran He; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; charitable giving; China; contingent behavior; dictator game; experiment; earned endowment; external validity; field experiment; gender; household decision-making; laboratory experiment; litter; market-based policy; natural experiment; plastic bags; random parameter model; relative influence; revealed behavior; spouses; stated preference; time preferences; windfall money;

   Sammanfattning : Paper 1: “The Effects of an Environmental Policy on Consumers – Lessons from the Chinese Plastic Bag Regulation.” To reduce plastic bag litter, China introduced a nationwide regulation requiring all retailers to charge for plastic shopping bags on June 1, 2008. LÄS MER

4. 3. Family, Friend, or Foe? Essays in Empirical Microeconomics

   Författare :Hilda Ralsmark; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family size; earnings; health; twins; well-being; divorce law; media; social tolerance; hate crime;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four studies that deal with how individual outcomes are shaped by social interactions. The scope of the thesis ranges from relationships between individuals in what is arguably the most fundamental building block in society today — the family — to more generalized relationships between different groups in society. LÄS MER