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A Note on the Risk Behavior and Death of Homo Economicus
(2006)Recent papers by Cox and Sadiraj (2006) and Rubinstein (2006) have pointed out that expected utility theory is more general than has sometimes been acknowledged, and can hence not be refuted as easily by means of experiments. ... -
A Spatial Analysis of Foreign Aid and Civil Society
(2017-01)We use a Spatial Durbin Model to examine the relationship between civil society aid projects and measures of civil society including membership and participation in community groups and satisfaction with democracy in Nigeria ... -
A stepwise regression procedure applied to an international production study - a multiple inference solution
(University of Gothenburg, 1997-04-01)The aim of this paper is to apply a certain procedure for stepwise regression analysis to a problem included in a study of integrated international production. The question, which factors are important for the transnational ... -
A Structural Model of Childcare, Welfare, and the Labor Supply of Single Mothers
(2002)This paper considers the simultaneous relationship of the single mother's decision to choose paid childcare, welfare participation and labor supply, and estimates a structural model that allows for a free error covariance. ... -
A tentative model of Management Accounting and Control in the Integration Processes of Mergers & Acquisitions
(2005)This article combines the areas of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and management accounting and control systems (MACS) by developing a tentative model that shows the important variables and how they determine MACS’ ... -
A theoretical framework explaining the mechanisms of nudging
(2019-03)In this paper we develop a theoretical model to clarify the underlying mechanisms that drive individual decision making and responses to behavioral interventions, such as nudges. The contribution of the paper is three-fold: ... -
A TIPPETT-ADAPTIVE METHOD OF COMBINING INDEPENDENT STATISTICAL TESTS.
(University of Gothenburg, 1986-03-01)A new procedure is proposed in order to combine the information of P-values obtained from several independent tests in order to test an overall hypothesis. The test statistic of this new procedure is of the same type as ... -
A Western Reversal since the Neolithic? The long-run impact of early agriculture
(2013-01)While it is widely believed that regions which experienced a transition to Neolithic agriculture early also become institutionally and economically more advanced, many indicators suggest that within the Western agricultural ... -
ABSTRACT BOOTSTRAP CONFIDENCE INTERVALS IN LINEAR MODELS
(University of Gothenburg, 1990-01-01)A bootstrap method for generating confidence intervals in linear models is suggested. The method is motivated by an abstract nonobservable bootstrap sample of true residuals leading to an observable final result. This means ... -
Accounting and Stock Markets. A Study of Swedish Accounting for International Investors and Analysts
(1998)The empirical motivation of this dissertation is the increasing importance and internationalization of stock markets, combined with accounting systems that historically are national in scope. At this time, there is incomplete ... -
Action nets for waste prevention
(Gothenburg Research Institute, 2014-03)Although waste prevention is considered the best possible option in the European waste-hierarchy model, it is not always clear what is meant by “waste prevention”. This chapter presents three cases of waste prevention, ... -
Action Research in Management Accounting Studies
(1999)New directions in management accounting studies should aim at getting us out of the ontological trap which is provided by the decision making conception of management. The Scandinavian tradition of fieldwork in the area ... -
Action towards time structures in product development processes - observations on the micro level
(2003)In product development processes conventional wisdom has it that structure is provided by strict specifications of product properties, budgets and time schedules that are followed up (Womack et al 1990, Clark & Fujimoto, ... -
Adam Smith
(Studentlitteratur, 2021)Den skotske filosofen Adam Smith (1723–1790) brukar betraktas som nationalekonomins fader med en laissez-faire-attityd till marknaden. Här behandlas dels hans verk, dels hans omväxlande liv från uppväxten i Kircaldy via ... -
Adam Smith om språket
(2009-12-09)Adam Smith on language. Like most 18th century scholars, Adam Smith was not restricted to one field. One of his interests, besides economics, was language, which may partly be a consequence of his Scottish origin and the ... -
Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability and Its Implications for Household Nutrition in Kenya
(2017-06)Climate change and variability are affecting weather patterns and causing seasonal shifts with serious repercussions for households and communities in Kenya. The livelihoods of the majority of Kenyans are therefore ... -
Adjusting Stock Market Values to Exchange Rate Exposure: The Case of ASTRA, SCA and STORA.
(1998)Europe's two largest forest product companies SCA and STORA are located in Sweden. One of the largest firms in Sweden is ASTRA, which is a pharmaceutical company. In this paper I analyze how the variance of these firms' ... -
Adoption of Organic Farming Technologies: Evidence from Semi-Arid Regions of Ethiopia
(2008-12-16)In the wake of resource constraints faced by farmers in developing countries in using external farm inputs, sustainable agricultural production practices that rely on local or farm renewable resources present desirable ...