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  1. 6. Essays on Efficiency, Productivity, and Impact of Policy

    Författare :Pontus Mattsson; Jonas Månsson; Lars Behrenz; Almas Heshmati; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conditional difference-in-differences cDiD ; courts; data envelopment analysis DEA ; Malmquist index; horizontal mergers; impacts of policy; stochastic frontier analysis SFA ; subsidized employment; total factor productivity TFP ; Törnqvist TFP index; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five self-contained empirical essays centering on total factor productivity (TFP), efficiency, and impacts of policy.Essay I: “TFP Change and Its Components for Swedish Manufacturing Firms During the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis” (co-authored with Jonas Månsson and William H. Greene). LÄS MER

  3. 7. Efficiency, Risk and Regulation Compliance: Applications to Lake Victoria fisheries

    Författare :Razack B. Lokina; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Incentives; Lake Victoria; remuneration; skipper skill; stochastic frontier; technical efficiency; Risk aversion; artisanal fishers; Tanzania; Nile perch; Dagaa; compliance; legitimacy; normative; deterrence.;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with artisanal fishers in Lake Victoria fisheries. The thesis consists of an introductory chapter and three self-contained papers, which make up the rest of the thesis chapters. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Essays on Manufacturing Production in a Developing Economy: Kenya 1992-94

    Författare :Karl Lundvall; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Firm size; Kenya; manufacturing; stochastic frontier production functions; data envelopment analysis; technical efficiency; factor substitution; informal sector.;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation consists of five separate empirical papers based on panel data from Kenyan manufacturing firms in the food, wood, textile and metal sectors, collected during the early 1990s, and an overview of the economic literature on small firms in developing countries. The principal tools of analysis are the microeconomic theory of production and econometrics. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Essays on energy demand and efficiency analysis

    Författare :Wondmagegn Tafesse Tirkaso; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four papers focusing on the issues of energy demand and efficiency analysis in the agricultural and environmental sectors. The first paper examined the long-run relationship among rainfall distribution, electricity consumption and economic growth (GDP) in Ethiopia using time series data between 1981 and 2014. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Efficiency and Productivity in Swedish Banking

    Författare :Matilda Gjirja; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technical efficiency; banking industry; financial deregulation; productivity; mergers and acquisitions; frontier cost functions; data envelopment analysis;

    Sammanfattning : This Ph.D. thesis addresses issues pertaining to the assessment of efficiency and productivity in the Swedish banking sector. It consists of an introduction and three self contained papers. LÄS MER