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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 ... -
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, ... -
Påverkas antalet anmälda miljöbrott i Sverige av antalet miljöinspektörer?
(2012-12-19)Diskussionen kring antropogen påverkan på vår miljö är ständigt aktuell. Dock diskuteras det inte lika mycket kring hur svensk miljötillsyn fungerar och hur den påverkar och stävjar överträdelser enligt miljöbalken. Denna ... -
Påverkas omfånget av miljöekonomiska styrmedel av samhällsmedborgares attityder?
(2022-07-08)Följande rapport behandlar huruvida valda attitydvariabler har en påverkan på grad av implementering av miljöskattsrelaterade intäkter och subventioner av förnybar energi, eller ej. Därtill begränsas datamaterialet till ... -
Performance and Valuation of Family Controlled firms in Sweden
(2015-07-02)This thesis examines the effects of family control on firm performance and valuation. The analysis is based on 1473 observations of firms listed at Nasdaq OMX Stockholm over the years 2001-2009. We find that, although ... -
Performance Evaluation of Small- and Large-cap stocks - The importance of size effects on the Swedish equity market
(2019-02-20)This Bachelor´s thesis investigated the performance of small-cap stocks and large-cap stocks on the Swedish equity market (NASDAQ OMX) over the years 2011 to 2016. A number of studies focused on asset pricing have during ... -
Performance Evaluation of Swedish and German Actively Managed Mutual Funds
(2021-02-18)There are many studies examining the performance of actively managed mutual funds in different markets. The results of these studies vary depending on the used model and market. This thesis does as most of the previously ... -
Phasing out natural gas in the EU. A cost-benefit analysis comparing different timeframes of phase-out.
(2022-07-08)The EU has, in response to the rising climate crisis, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the high price of natural gas, decided to reduce its consumption of natural gas. This decision has initiated more depth in the discussion ... -
PHILLIPSKURVAN SOM PROGNOSVERKTYG I SVERIGE - En kvantitativ studie
(2018-09-28)Syfte: Att undersöka om Phillipsmodellen ger en bättre prognos jämfört med en modell som enbart baseras på tidigare inflation. Teori: ... -
Policy Changes in the Swedish Payroll Tax Rate - Implications for Youth Unemployment
(2016-06-27)In 2007 and 2009 the Swedish payroll tax rates decreased for employees under the age of 26 years. The decrease partly discontinued in 2015 and will be completely taken away in June 2016, increasing the wage costs for those ... -
Political Risk & Capital Flight - Case Study of the Ukrainian Crisis
(2019-02-15)This paper examines the economic impact several events of political risk have on components of capital flight Ukraine and capital flight of Ukraine itself. The events of political risk are the Euromaidan revolution, the ... -
Politisk jämställdhet – vägen till minskad korruption?
(2018-06-26)The main purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of political gender equality on corruption levels worldwide. The following hypotheses are examined: (1) The effect of political gender equality on corruption levels ... -
Population aging and healthcare - applying estimators to the projected future of Sweden
(2023-06-29)This paper presents an empirical study on the effects of an aging population on a country's healthcare expenditure. The long-term trend of decreasing fertility rates and increased life expectancy results in a larger share ...