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Measuring the impact of the 2009 COP15 Copenhagen Summit - An event study of coal and solar portfolios in the United States of America and China
(2017-06-28)
One of the biggest challenges currently facing mankind is tackling the challenge of climate change. To mitigate this, there have been several multilateral conferences, where some steps have been taken. The Copenhagen Summit ...
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 ...
Income recovery in urban and rural areas in Columbia
(2017-07-03)
This thesis investigates whether the household income recovery after a negative income shock, caused by a health or death shock, differs between urban and rural areas in Colombia. The hypothesis is that urban areas are ...
Skuldkvotens regionala skillnader - En ekonometrisk panelstudie för Sveriges kommunala skillnader i hushållens skuldkvot under perioden 2010-2015.
(2017-09-20)
Since the mid-1990’s, citizens of Sweden have nearly doubled their income-debt ratio and international institutions such as IMF and OECD consider the indebtedness to be of considerable risk for Sweden’s economy. In 2013, ...
Migration from outside of the European Union - Labor market outcomes in the Swedish municipalities
(2017-06-28)
In the aftermath of recent years unusually large influx of immigrants to Sweden from outside of the European Union, the debate regarding the impact of immigration on the economy and the labor market has intensified. Some ...
Amorteringskravet - minskad skuldsättning eller högre trösklar för förstagångsköpare?
(2017-06-26)
This thesis examines the effect of the amorteringskrav, which is an amortization requirement, on the price of apartments in Gothenburg. More precisely, the purpose is to investigate whether the importance of the monthly ...
Female educational enrollment, labor force participation and economics growth - A panel-data study in Europe
(2017-02-17)
During the last decades, female engagement in both educational and working activities has rapidly increased in many European countries. Hence, it is of interest to study whether this increase could be of significant ...
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 ...
Price Premium of Organic Food in Sweden
(2017-03-14)
Individuals are increasingly demanding pesticide-free and environmentally friendlier options in their grocery shopping. They are, however, well aware that when arriving at the cashier- they are going to have to pay for it. ...
Effekten av negativa prisförändringar - en kvantitativ studie av relationen mellan omsättning och priser på bostadsrätter
(2017-02-13)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between price and volume on the Swedish housing market for co-operative apartments. In line with what prior studies have found our results show that the correlation ...