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Offentliga hälsoutgifter och hälsoutveckling: Har utvecklingsnivån någon betydelse?
(2017-07-03)The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether public health expenditures can improve the health situation of a country. We also analyse if the effect is different depending on the degree of human development. To do this ... -
Oil price effect on Nordic equity market indices
(2016-01-27)This paper empirically investigates the oil price predictability effect documented by Fan and Jahan-Parvar (2012) in the Nordic stock markets at industry-level returns. Using the percentage changes in oil spot prices as a ... -
Okuns lag i Sverige: Hur starkt är sambandet?
(2018-03-09)Denna uppsats analyserar relationen mellan arbetslöshet och BNP-tillväxt, genom det välkända begreppet kallat Okuns lag. Två modeller används i denna studie, nivåversionen och förändringsversionen. Genom dessa modeller ... -
On optimal tax rates and shifts in the peak of the Laffer curve - An empirical study of Swedish municipalities during the years from 2000 to 2017.
(2019-07-12)This report presents an empirical study of the average Laffer curve of Swedish municipalities, with a focus on determining whether the position of the peak of the curve has shifted or, put differently, whether the optimal ... -
Option Modelling by Deep Learning
(2021-02-10)In this thesis we aim to provide a fully data driven approach for modelling financial derivatives, exclusively using deep learning. In order for a derivatives model to be plausible, it should adhere to the principle of ... -
Orphaned children´s school attendance in Kenya
(2016-09-16)This paper aims to investigate how school attendance differs for orphan children living at orphanages and orphan children living in the family based care called “Kinship care” in Nairobi, Kenya. The data was retrieved ... -
Ownership Structure and Firm Performance in Sweden
(2016-05-04)The aim of this thesis is to investigate the relation between ownership structure and firm performance. The research is based on publicly traded firms listed on the Stockholm stock exchange OMX30, during the time period ... -
Ökad betalningsvilja för nationellt odlade ekologiska livsmedel - En kvantitativ studie av individers ökade betalningsvilja för ekologiska svenska äpplen & bröd i Västra Götalands län - nationalekonomi
(2017-02-21)Försäljningen av ekologiska livsmedel uppgick till 9 procent av den totala livsmedelsförsäljningen i Sverige under första halvåret 2016. På flera håll är efterfrågan av ekologiska livsmedel större än utbudet för produkter ... -
Ökad förskrivning av läkemedel - en effekt av långa vårdköer? En undersökning av sambandet mellan tillgängligheten till barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin och förskrivning av antidepressiva läkemedel.
(2020-07-03)In recent years, access to child and adolescent psychiatry has declined. At the same time, there has also been a rapid increase in prescription of antidepressants, particularly to children and young adults. The National ... -
EN ÖKANDE BOLÅNEMARGINAL - En redogörelse för penningpolitikens inverkan på bostadsmarknaden - Nationalekonomi
(2014-03-31)The general consensus is that the gap between the Swedish variable mortgage rate and the repo rate has increased over the last years. Although the Riksbank in recent times has cut its base rate, many banks have chosen ... -
Paid family leave Policy in California - First, ever implemented in the United States of America
(2018-06-26)In this essay, we examine the effects of a gender-neutral policy that was implemented in California in 2004. The policy, Paid family leave, is the first policy in the US that offers a financial compensation to both parents ... -
Pandemic Behavior: Economic Preferences and Perceptions regarding Covid-19
(2020-07-02)n early spring 2020, Covid-19 spread around the world and dominated the media coverage. It acutely impacted the global economy as countries went into lockdown and health services struggled to administer the situation. The ... -
Paris and the voluntary reduction of emissions - A study on Grandfathering and the Environmental Kuznets Curve
(2019-07-11)After the global climate meeting in Paris 2015, which resulted in the Paris Agreement, a common goal was set to keep the global temperature from rising over 2 ºC and preferably under 1.5 ºC. Prior to the agreement, each ... -
Patents and Market Efficiency - An Analysis of Non-Qualitative Patents.
(2013-07-04)The importance of intellectual property and intellectual property rights in today’s economy steadily increases. By conducting event studies this report investigates whether the market is efficient when it comes to the ... -
Patient Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy and its Relationship to Food Insecurity
(2017-08-10)With an expanding programme for antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa and other countries following new guidelines and goals from the World Health Organization and UNAIDS, it’s as important as ever to understand the ... -
Patientupplevd vårdkvalité utifrån olika bakgrunder
(2014-09-16)I uppsatsen har jag undersökt om och hur mycket olika bakgrundsfaktorer hos patienter påverkar hur nöjda de är med vårdkvalitén. Uppsatsen begränsar sig till läkarbesök inom den offentliga Primärvården (Närhälsan) i VGR. ... -
Payment Method in Mergers and Acquisitions - A Study on Swedish firm´s Domestic and Cross-Border Acquisitions
(2013-07-04)In this study we investigate the effect of payment method used in 108 acquisitions made between 2010 and 2012 with a publicly listed Swedish firm as the bidder. We also control for deal-specific characteristics such as the ... -
På Lafferkurvans Sluttning - En ekonometrisk studie av vilken den pekuniära effekten är av förändringar i svenska kommuners skattesatser
(2017-10-31)Using comprehensive data from 286 municipalities in Sweden, attention is focused on examining the connection between tax rates and public revenues. By means of a quadratic model adjusted to control for fixed effects, an ... -
Påverkan av förväntad etnisk diskriminering - En enkätundersökning om studenters förväntade etniska diskriminering på svenska arbetsmarknaden
(2022-07-07)The aim of this study is to investigate if ethnic discrimination in the Swedish labour market is expected by the students at University of Gothenburg and if expectations of discrimination impact students’ study motivation ... -
Påverkar grad av bostadsblandning arbetslöshetsnivån? - en longitudinell analys av Göteborgs primärområden mellan åren 2014–2019
(2021-03-31)Sedan 1974 har Sverige haft som målsättning att uppnå socialt blandade områden. Målsättningen vilar på antagandet om att en varierad sammansättning av individer, med särskilt fokus på ekonomisk klass, demografi och ursprung, ...