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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade ordet porter.
16. Essays on Productive Efficiency, Shadow Prices, and Human Capital
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five papers, four of them basically concerning environmental issues, while the fifth paper addresses the issue of measuring output from the educational sector. The first paper starts from the fact that industrial activity causes environmental damage. LÄS MER
17. Guld och gröna skogar? : miljöanpassningen av Rönnskärsverken 1960-2000
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to reach further understanding of the development of environmental adaptation in Swedish heavy industry by studying the case of the Rönnskär Smelter 1960-2000. More specifically, the aim of the thesis is to investigate the interplay between firm level environmental adaptation and national environmental politics and economic development. LÄS MER
18. Microeconomic Policy for Development: Essays on Trade and Environment, Poverty and Education
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
19. Marshallian sources of growth and interdependent location of Swedish firms and households
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three papers that examine Marshallian sources of growthand interdependent location of Swedish firms and households. Paper [I] examines the impact of static and dynamic knowledge externalitiesand their impact on Swedish market operating firms growth pattern between1997 and 2005. LÄS MER
20. Environmental Regulation and Firm Efficiency
Sammanfattning : This study is entitled Environmental Regulation and Firm Efficiency. It provides an empirical analysis of how environmental policy may have affected the Swedish pulp industry. The main purpose is to test the Porter hypothesis concerning the impacts of environmental regulation on producer efficiency. LÄS MER