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  1. 6. Two Essays on Relative Consumption

    Författare :Fredrik W. Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; relative consumption; marginal degree of positionality; choice experiments; questionnaire-experimental methods;

    Sammanfattning : First paper: Consumption Theory with Reference Dependent Utility: Its Impact on Marginal Propensity to Consume This paper presents a closed form consumption function for an individual when he derives utility from his own previous and current consumption and from the previous consumption of his relevant others. I show that the individual's marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is smaller than the MPC under the permanent income hypothesis. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Essays on Social Comparison

    Författare :Fredrik W. Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Marginal degree of positionality; relative consumption; marginal propensity to consume; self-reported current happiness; self-reported expected future happiness; relative academic performance; comparison wage; permanent income consumers; current income consumers; rule of thumb consumers; aggregation bias; sick listing; social norms;

    Sammanfattning : Paper 1: By using hypothetical choice experiments, this paper presents evidence that individuals’ concern for relative consumption depends on their relative consumption. Individuals with consumption levels above society’s average consumption level tend to have, in general, lower concern for relative consumption. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Water and Health in Egypt: An Empirical Analysis

    Författare :Hala Abou-Ali; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child mortality; Choice experiment; Contingent Valuation Method; Discrete choice; Elasticity; Egypt; Health; Household environment; Marginal effects; Transition models; Unobserved heterogeneity; Water and sanitation; Wealth; Willingness to pay.;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is an empirical work dealing with water issues in Egypt where the emphasis is put on the analysis of the relationship: inadequate water quality and health impacts. The first chapter includes a general discussion of water resources in Egypt and other developing countries. LÄS MER

  5. 9. The Apparent Arbitrariness of Second-Order Probability Distributions

    Författare :David Sundgren; Love Ekenberg; Mats Danielson; Lev Utkin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Adequate representation of imprecise probabilities is a crucial and non-trivial problem in decision analysis. Second-order probability distributions is the model for imprecise probabilities whose merits are discussed in this thesis. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Essays on Income Taxation

    Författare :Dingquan Miao; Spencer Bastani; Thomas Giebe; Jukka Pirttilä; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Optimal income taxation; tagging; immigrants; numerical simulation; earnings supply; skill distributions.; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes to the study of income taxation. It consists of three self- contained papers.The first paper, Should Natives and Immigrants Face Different Income Tax Schedules, computes how optimal income tax schedules optimally should be differentiated between immigrants and natives. LÄS MER