• The Political Economy of Bread and Circuses: Weather Shocks and Classic Maya Monument Construction 

  Rubio-Ramos, Melissa; Isendahl, Christian; Olsson, Ola (University of Gothenburg, 2024-11-18)

  In early states, government elites provided both productivity-enhancing infrastructure, such as irrigation systems, as well as seemingly non-productive monumental architecture like temples and pyramids. The nature of ...

• The relation between modeled and perceived accessibility 

  Vafeiadis, Evangelos (2024-11-12)

  This thesis investigates the relationship between modeled and perceived accessibility across different activities and transport modes. Accessibility is important for people’s daily lives as it enables them to reach and ...

• PEDAGOGISKA HÅGKOMSTER 1980–2010 - Om att få studenter och yrkesverksamma att lära om management, med tonvikt på chef- och ledarskap vid Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet 

  Norbäck, Lars Erik (2024)

  Under tre decennier arbetade några lärare med att utveckla universitetets kurser och program inom managementområdet för studenter, prefekter och enheter inom universitetet, med uppdragsutbildningar för enskilda deltagare, ...

• Female empowerment and male backlash: Experimental evidence from India 

  Cullen, Claire; Sarthak, Josh; Vecci, Joseph; Talbot-Jones, Julia (2024-11)

  Public spending on gender equality and women’s empowerment is rising rapidly in many countries. However, the unintended consequences of women’s empowerment is rarely measured and remains poorly understood. We study the ...

• Can teaching children about the environment influence household behavior? Experiments in Swedish schools 

  Ek, Claes; Söderberg, Magnus; Kataria, Mitesh (2024-10-30)

  In two separate field experiments with Swedish school children aged 10-16, we evaluate variants of an Environmental Education Program (EEP) designed to reduce household waste. We match the addresses of participating students ...

• Reweaving the fabric of corporate bureaucracy -The development of organisational control in Sweden 1970-2000 

  Krusell, Mathias (2024-10-17)

  This thesis in economic history investigates and analyses how Swedish industrial enterprises changed and developed their corporate bureaucracy and organisational control to become less hierarchical and more flexible and ...

• Geographical Cross-Collateralization, Universal Coverage, and Co-Investment Policy 

  Bouckaert, Jan; Stennek, Johan (2024-09)

  We argue that geographical cross-collateralization – a firm’s ability to pledge incomes earned in more populated areas as “collateral” for the loans needed to finance in- vestments in less populated areas – plays an ...

• Essays on lnsider lnvestment Horizon and lts Role in Information Asymmetry 

  Sarwar, M Shahin (2024-09-16)

  In the presence of information asymmetry between insiders and outside investors, outside investors use the insider investment horizon (HOR). This is a crucial trade characteristic to understand the insiders’ trade motives. ...

• On IPBES´ framing of the values of nature 

  Stenseke, Marie (Avdelningen för kulturgeografi, 2024)

  The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), is highly influential when it comes to setting the global agenda for addressing the nature crisis. In the work of IPBES, significant ...

• The Impact of PhD Studies on Mental Health—A Longitudinal Population Study 

  Bergall, Sanna; Fernström, Clara; Ranehill, Eva; Sandberg, Anna (University of Gothenburg, 2024-09)

  Recent self-reported and cross-sectional survey evidence documents high levels of mental health problems among PhD students. We study the impact of PhD studies on mental health care uptake using Swedish administrative ...

• Gender Identity and Economic Decision Making 

  Ardila Brenoe, Anne; Eyibak, Zeynep; Heursen, Lea; Ranehill, Eva; Weber, Robert A (University of Gothenburg, 2024-09)

  Economic research on gender gaps in preferences and economic outcomes has focused on variation with respect to sex—a binary classification as either a “man” or “woman.” We validate a novel and simple measure of self-reported ...

• Motherhood and Domestic Violence: A Longitudinal Study Using Population Wide Administrative Data 

  Bergvall, Sanna; Rodriguez-Planas, Nuria (University of Gothenburg, 2024-09)

  Most empirical studies indicate that becoming a mother is an augmenting factor for the perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV). Using rich population-wide hospital records data from Sweden, we conduct a stacked ...

• Exploring fan engagement and commercialisation in Swedish elite football 

  Winell, Erik (2024-09-02)

  This dissertation builds on theory of customer and fan engagement and explores the nature of fan engagement in the Swedish elite football ecosystem. In light of the increasingly interconnected service ecosystem of elite ...

• A Dual Approach to the Derivation of Feedback Demand Functions for Capital-Accumulating Agents 

  Bolin, Kristian; Caputo, Michael R. (University of Gothenburg, 2024-05)

  An optimal control model of a consumer is developed that accounts for the consumption of many goods and services, the accumulation of wealth, a state variable that affects instantaneous preferences and wealth accumulation, ...

• Esperanto – drömmen om ett världsspråk 

  Sandelin, Bo (Dialogos Förlag, 2013)

  När Ludwik Zamenhof växte upp i den mångkulturella staden Białystok på 1860-talet led han av att se hur ryssar, polacker, tyskar och judar bråkade med varandra. Han trodde att huvudskälet till motsättningarna var att de ...

• Policyöversikt: Turism, inkludering och mångfald 

  Kraff, H; Jernsand, E M; Osanami Törngren, S; Björner, E (2024)

• KONSUMTIONSRAPPORTEN 2024 

  Hagberg, Johan; Hansson, Lena; Holmberg, Ulrika; Sörum, Niklas; Björner, Emma; Ekström, Karin M.; Petersson McIntyre, Magdalena (Centrum för konsumtionsforskning, 2024-05-23)

  I Konsumtionsrapporten 2024 sammanfattas och analyseras konsumtionen i Sverige under 2023. I den första delen, ”Hushållens konsumtion” ges en översikt över den privata konsumtionen i Sverige och hur den förändrats. Här ...

• Technological change, skills, and occupational structure in Sweden, 1870-1950 

  Heikkuri, Suvi (2024-05-21)

  This dissertation explores occupations and skills in the Swedish labor markets during the industrial breakthrough. It encompasses an introduction and four research papers, each addressing issues related to how technological ...

• Disentangling Empire and Decolonization: State and Business Relations in Southern Africa, 1923-1975 

  Ngoma, Kondwani Happy (2024-05-06)

  This dissertation comprises of an introduction and four research articles that study state and business relations in Southern Africa. The core interest is to present and analyse the identification and management of political ...

• The Resonance of Past-themed Consumption and Marketing 

  Dam, Christian (2024-05-06)

  In this thesis, I explore and conceptualise how resonance can be market-mediated. To do this, I unravel the theoretical context of past-themed consumption and marketing. My exploration is based on five standalone papers ...

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