Sökning: "umeå universitet nationalekonomi"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 97 avhandlingar innehållade orden umeå universitet nationalekonomi.

  1. 1. Mixing Oil and Water : Studies of the Namibian Economy

    Författare :Jesper Stage; Karl-Gustaf Löfgren; Anders Danielson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Namibia; energy use; structural decomposition analysis; hedonic pricing; townships; groundwater use; fisheries; bioeconomic modelling; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four papers studying economic aspects of natural resource and environmental management in Namibia.Paper [I] analyses changes in Namibian energy use patterns between 1980 and 1998. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Empirical essays on military service and the labour market

    Författare :Peter Bäckström; Gauthier Lanot; Niklas Hanes; Paul Bingley; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Military recruitment; military labour market; military veterans; peacekeeping; earnings; labour market marginalisation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introductory part and four self-contained papers that study empirical questions related to military service and the labour market.Paper [I] studies the relationship between civilian labour market conditions and the number of people who volunteer for military service in Sweden. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Essays on energy efficiency, environmental regulation and labor demand in Swedish industry

    Författare :Golnaz Amjadi; Lars Persson; Tommy Lundgren; Luis Orea; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Energy efficiency improvement; rebound effect; stochastic frontier analysis; data envelopment analysis; stochastic energy demand frontier model; persistent and transient energy inefficiency; energy inefficiency; environmental expenditure and environmental investment costs; output demand elasticity; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Paper [I] Energy efficiency improvement (EEI) benefits the climate and matters for energy security. The potential emission and energy savings due to EEI may however not fully materialize due to the rebound effect. LÄS MER

  5. 4. State and industrial actions to influence consumer behavior

    Författare :Erik Brockwell; Runar Brännlund; Robert Lundmark; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Taxation; legislation; regulation; health; environment; tobacco; alcohol; petroleum; electricity; gas; sugar; consumption; prices; signaling effect; almost ideal demand system; public policy; panel data; media expenditure; lobbying; vector error correction model; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introductory part and three papers.Paper [I] examines how taxes affect consumption of commodities that are detrimental to health and the environment. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Essays on military labour supply in the era of voluntary recruitment

    Författare :Peter Bäckström; Gauthier Lanot; Niklas Hanes; Stephanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conscription; enlistment test; fixed effects model; military labour market; military labour supply; military recruitment; recruitment; Roy model; self-selection; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introductory part and two self-contained chapters related to the supply of volunteers to the Swedish Armed Forces.Chapter [I] represents the first effort to explore the relationship between civilian labour market conditions and the supply of labour to the military in the all-volunteer environment that Sweden entered after the abolishment of the peacetime draft in 2010. LÄS MER