Dissertations

This thesis comprises four self-contained papers that rely on applied micro-econometric methods to understand which factors are important in shaping the gender wage gap in globalized firms and how fir…

The market for labor is crucial in many respects. Nearly all persons interact with it throughout much of their lives. Moreover, individuals make significant life choices and substantial investments in…

This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. The papers are primarily empirical, and use a wide variety of data sources ranging from global survey data to administrative records. Essay I (with…

This doctoral dissertation contributes to research on financial economics. It consists of an overall introduction and three independent papers.  The first paper, “A Theory of Gazelle Growth: Competit…

This dissertation is made up of four essays that address major problems in the policy areas of education and immigration in Sweden and an introductory essay that offers an overarching analysis of the…

This doctoral thesis consists of four independent essays in applied empirical microeconomics. Two of the chapters focus on anonymity as a policy tool and have been the main inspiration for the name of…

This cumulative dissertation consists of five self-contained essays, all o which are closely focused around issues that concern the WTO dispute settlement mechanism (DSM).

This thesis contains an introduction and four essays that together address the issues of turnout and habitual voting. Although voting is less unequal than other forms of political participation, it is…

This thesis covers issues related to financing in mergers and acquisitions. It studies the relationship between firms’ financing conditions and firms’ decisions to either buy or sell assets.

In this dissertation, I present a unique pattern of lawmaking during crisis: laws become enacted quicker while at the same time gaining length. The data this pattern is based on come from the study of…

The bulk of the literature on the New Public Management (NPM) has been blind to the moral dimension of the market-oriented reforms of the public sector. However, this thesis studies the potential for…

The download is a revised version of my Licentiate Dissertation in Economics from the Department of Economics & Statistics, School of Business, Örebro University.

This thesis consists of three chapters, examining strategic behavior in the electricity and water sectors in Sweden. Traditionally, production and distribution in both sectors have been operated by ve…

This thesis consists of four papers summarized as follows. Do Payroll Tax Cuts Raise Youth Employment? We study whether payroll tax reductions are an effective means to raise youth employment. In 2007…

This Ph.D. thesis contains four independent essays summarized as follows. Effects of Competition between Healthcare Providers on Prescription of Antibiotics The introduction of antibiotics as a medica…

In this dissertation, Ewa presents four essays, all discussing the topic of electricity markets. It does not provide a full picture but is rather a selection of topics revolving around the issues that…

Wind power is becoming a major source of electricity generation around the world. Integrating large amounts of wind power in a market based electricity system where prices are set based on supply and…

In this dissertation, Martin present four self-contained essays. All essays have the common property of considering how institutions affect workers and their behavior. In Essays I and II, Martin analy…

This thesis deals with different aspects of competition in retail markets. It consists of four self-contained essays.

This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. Essay 1: (with Johan Lyhagen) In the first essay, we develop an improved test of economic convergence or divergence using time series methods. The u…

This thesis has three chapters. In the first chapter, a joint work with Magnus Henrekson, we discuss the taxation of entrepreneurial income. A review of the literature on form taxation reveals that th…

Robin Douhan unexpectedly and tragically passed away on 10 August 2009. His death, at the age of 31, was caused by sudden heart failure. This monograph is a posthumous publication of some of Robin Dou…

Essay 1: Net Neutrality on the Internet: A Two-sided Market AnalysisEssay 2: Paying to Remove AdvertisementsEssay 3: Open Versus Closed PlatformsEssay 4: Efficiency and the Provision of Open Platforms…

At the end of the last millennium, we experienced a boom in merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the world. The value of all M&As as a share of world GDP rose from 0.3 per cent in 1980 to 8 p…

This thesis consists of three essays, which all concern the dynamics ofpension reform. The first essay analyzes the dynamic properties of therecently reformed Swedish pay-as-you-go pension system. The…

This thesis consists of a collection of essays on endogenous merger theory. Essay I: The empirical puzzle why mergers reduce profits, and raise share prices is explained in this essay. If being an "in…

This thesis consists of two parts, dealing with equilibrium selection in noncooperative games and strategic interaction in international markets, respectively. The main issue raised in each part is di…

This thesis contains two studies. The first study investigates the income distribution among Namibian households. The second study examines the differences in earnings between males and females in the…

This thesis consists of four essays. Its main theme is the location of production in multinational firms. Subsidizing away exports? - A note on strategic trade policy, investigates how strategic trade…

This thesis consists of one essay in industrial organization and two essays in noncooperative game theory. The  first essay (Chapter I) concerns credibility in multimarket competition. The analysis fo…

This study investigates changes in the number and the size distribution of firms in Sweden in the period 1968-1993. The number and the size distribution of Swedish firms are compared to the number and…

This thesis analyzes different aspects of research and development (R&D) and technology transfer by Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs). Following an introductory chapter are four separate em…

This dissertation examines some issues related to multinational corporations (MNCs). All studies are based on a unique data set of individual Swedish MNCs collected over many years by the Industrial I…