• Spänning i offentlig upphandling - Om användande av ett strategiverktyg 

  Johansson, Tore

  Tension in Public Procurement - The usage of a strategy tool: Public procurement is about public purchases, but also about sale of goods and services to the public sector. In research, public procurement is usually ...

• Individual Carbon Footprint Reduction: Evidence from Pro-environmental Users of a Carbon Calculator 

  Enlund, Jakob; Andersson, David; Carlsson, Fredrik (University of Gothenburg, 2022-05)

  We provide the first estimates of how pro-environmental consumers reduce their total carbon footprint using a carbon calculator that covers all financial transactions. We use data from users of a carbon calculator that ...

• Specification of the Health Production Function and its Behavioral Implications 

  Bolin, Kristian; Caputo, Mikael R. (University of Gothenburg, 2022-05)

  The health production function of the canonical health-capital model is generalized to allow the state of health to affect the total and marginal products of health investment. If the total and marginal products of health ...

• Enabling human-robot collaboration and intelligent automation in the automotive industry: a study of stakeholders perspectives 

  Larsson, Simon; Bengtsson, Kristofer (Gothenburg Research Institute, 2022)

  Introduction Intelligent and flexible robots using sensors and adaptable programming are promoted as state-of-the-art technology with great potential of improving industrial production. It is commonly associated with ...

• SEMESTER UNDER PANDEMIN Beteendeförändring och upplevelser hos svenska folket under den första covid-19 sommaren 2020. 

  Roos, Magnus (2022)

  Sammanfattning Det primära syftet med den här rapporten är att utforska förändringar i svenskarnas sommarsemestrande efter utbrottet av Covid-19 och hur dessa förändringar relaterar till välbefinnande. Rapporten är ...

• Emotions in Game Theory: Fear, friendliness and hostility 

  Andersson, Lina

  How do emotions affect our interactions with each other? And how do our interactions with each other affect our emotions? As an adult, one makes thousands of decisions each day, decisions often influenced by our emotional ...

• Myth Aestheticization 

  Dagalp, Ileyha

  This thesis theorizes the process of myth aestheticization for marketing and consumption. A concept of myth aestheticization springs from a simple yet complex idea: What if something is not “aesthetic” in and by itself, ...

• The changing geography of innovation 

  Franz, Sarah-Maria

  The Asian century is at our doorstep. Emerging economies like China and India present a major source of not only supply-, but also demand for Western MNCs. Recent evidence suggests that subsidiaries located in emerging ...

• Conflicts of Interest, Ethical Standards, and Competition in Legal Services 

  Bouckaert, Jan; Stennek, Johan (University of Gothenburg, 2022-04)

  We study how the legal profession manages representational conflicts of interest. Such conflicts arise when the same law firm represents clients with adverse interests. They may compromise the legal process, ultimately ...

• Essays on ESG disclosure, performance and assurance 

  Abay, Zelalem

  In this dissertation, economic implications of ESG disclosure, performance and assurance are examined in three essays. It is evident in the recent developments that the need for a sustainable and responsible investments ...

• Unions, insurance and changing welfare states: The emergence of obligatory complementary income insurance in Sweden 

  Hamark, Jesper; Lapidus, John (2022-01)

  How do unions who support universal welfare such as public employment insurance reason when they introduce private solutions such as obligatory complementary income insurance (OCII)? Unions are important actors in shaping ...

• Fear and Economic Behavior 

  Andersson, Lina (University of Gothenburg, 2022-02)

  Fear is an important factor in decision-making under risk and uncertainty. Psychology research suggests that fear influences one’s risk attitude and fear may have important consequences for decisions concerning for example ...

• Is there a diminishing value of urban amenities as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic? 

  van Vuuren, Aico (University of Gothenburg, 2022-01)

  We investigate whether the Covid-19 pandemic decreased the willingness to pay for urban amenities such as restaurants, cinemas and theaters. We do this by using a hedonic pricing model in combination with a time-gradient ...

• Carpe Diem or Seize your Health? The Economics of Time Preferences, Health, and Education 

  Norrgren, Lisa (2022-01-20)

  Who is more likely to follow medical recommendations, invest in their health and pursue higher degrees of schooling? Behavioral economic theory provides a clear answer to this question: more patient individuals (who discount ...

• Konsumtionsrapporten 2021 

  Holmberg, Ulrika; Centrum för konsumtionsforskning (Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs universitet, 2021-12-22)

  I Konsumtionsrapporten 2021 sammanfattas och analyseras hushållens privata konsumtion i Sverige under 2020 och 2021. Här ges en helhetsbild av hushållens konsumtion, vilken baseras på statistik från framför allt Statistiska ...

• Providers and Profiteers: Essays on Profits and Competition in the Provision of Public Services 

  Larsson, Sebastian (2021-12-16)

  Public services, such as education and health care, are provided by both public and private actors. In some countries, such as Sweden, these include for-profit organizations. In systems allowing the users to choose freely, ...

• ‘Station communities’ as a strategy for sustainable regional development: A case study of small towns with train stations in the Västra Götaland region, Sweden 

  Capitao Patrao, Charlotta (2021-10-15)

  This thesis concerns sustainable regional structures and takes its point of departure in regional development. It focuses on small towns along railway lines in sparse settlement structures, and on the interplay between ...

• Discontinuities in the Age-Victimization Profile and the Determinants of Victimization 

  Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Ketel, Nadine; Mitrut, Andreea (2021-12)

  : Many rights are conferred on Dutch youth at ages 16 and 18. Using national register data for all reported victimizations, we find sharp and discontinuous increases in victimization rates at these ages: about 13% for both ...

• Sustainable food: can food labels make consumers switch to meat substitutes? 

  Carlsson, Fredrik; Kataria, Mitesh; Lampi, Elina (2021-12)

  Using a stated preference survey, we investigate whether the introduction of a set of food labels affects consumers´ willingness to make costly shifts from meat products to meat substitutes. We investigate the role of food ...

• Kill your darlings? Do new aid flows help achieve a poverty minimizing allocation of aid 

  Tengstan, Sven; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie (University of Gothenburg, 2021-11)

  In this study, we derive a poverty-minimizing allocation rule, based on which we assess the poverty-efficiency of actual aid allocations, with a special focus on the comparative impact of new donors and new non-aid flows. ...

View more