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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 66 avhandlingar innehållade orden services of general interest.

1. 16. Essays on Voting Behavior, Labor Market Policy, and Taxation

   Författare :Henrik Jordahl; Timothy Besley; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Elections; voting behavior; pocketbook voting; self-interest; public interest; intergovernmental grants; vote purchasing; redistribution; central bank independence; labor market reform; credibility; flexibility; inflation; unemployment; rigidities; horizontal equity; optimal taxation; heterogeneous preferences; utilitarianism; Nationalekonomi; val; röstningsbeteende; plånboksröstning; egenintresse; allmänintresse; statsbidrag till kommuner; röstköp; omfördelning; centralbanksoberoende; arbetsmarknadsreform; trovärdighet; flexibilitet; inflation; arbetslöshet; rigiditet; horisontell rättvisa; optimal beskattning; heterogena preferenser; utilitarism; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1 investigates the vote motive in Swedish general elections. A theoretical model of rational retrospective voting is tested empirically on pooled cross-sectional and panel data from the Swedish Election Studies between 1985 and 1994 supplemented with time series on inflation and unemployment. LÄS MER

3. 17. Studies in environmental economics : numerical analysis of greenhouse gas policies

   Författare :Charlotte Nilsson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four essays within the field of environmental economics. Computable General Equilibrium models have been used to assess the economic consequences of greenhouse gas policies. The focus is mainly on the Swedish economy, but the EU economies and the global economies are also analyzed in one essay each. LÄS MER

4. 18. Long-Term Health Outcome of Adolescent  Mood Disorders : Focus on Bipolar Disorder

   Författare :Aivar Päären; Ulf Jonsson; Anne-Liis von Knorring; Frank Lindblad; Anne Mari Sund; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :adolescent mood disorders; bipolar disorder; long-term follow-up assessment; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

   Sammanfattning : There has recently been an intense debate about the increased rate of bipolar disorders (BPD) in children and adolescents observed in clinical settings. Thus, there is great interest in child and adolescent symptoms of hypomania and whether these symptoms subsequently will develop into BPD. LÄS MER

5. 19. Getting Personal : A Framework for Context-Aware Services and System Design for Contemporary Mobile Environments

   Författare :Athanasios Karapantelakis; Gerald Q. Maguire Jr.; Anders Kofod-Petersen; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; context aware; context-aware; personalized services; Computer science; Datalogi; SRA - ICT; SRA - Informations- och kommunikationsteknik;

   Sammanfattning : This study explores the subject of providing personalized services to mobile users, by exploiting relevant domain knowledge (i.e. contextual information). LÄS MER

7. 20. The impact of big-boxes on local retail : What happens when IKEA comes to town?

   Författare :Nilsson Helena; Niklas Rudholm; Mikael Svensson; Högskolan Dalarna; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; General Microdata Analysis - retail; Allmänt Mikrodataaanalys - handel;

   Sammanfattning : The development of large discount retailers, or big-boxes as they are sometimes referred to, are often subject to heated debate and their entry on a market is greeted with either great enthusiasm or dread. For instance, the world’s largest retailer Wal-Mart (Forbes 2014) has a number of anti- and pro-groups dedicated to its being and the event of a Wal-Mart entry tends to be met with protests and campaigns (Decamme 2013) but also welcomed by, for instance, consumers (Davis & DeBonis 2013). LÄS MER