Nationalekonomi

Nationalekonomisk litteratur vid hela akademibiblioteket fås vid sökning i Alma med sökfunktionen Ämnesord och söktermen nationalekonomi.

Nationalekonomi

Samlingen med signum ESF Nat.ek. finns vid Institutionen för samhällsekonomi och statistik i anslutning till ämnet Nationalekonomi. Vid huvudbiblioteket finns också en samling nationalekonomiskt litteratur. Ekonomisk historia och doktrinhistoria samt nationalekonomiska klassiker är väl representerade i samlingen. Under professor Carl Erik Knoellingers era 1942-1968 utvecklades institutions¬biblioteket till ett av ÅA:s största och mest mångsidiga med god täckning beträffande skandinavisk och engelskspråkig litteratur inom nationalekonomi. Nationalekonomiskt litteratur har ingått i bokdonationer såväl från hemlandet som från Skandinavien och Förenta staterna. Några större donationer kan nämnas, främst en efterkrigstida donation kallad ”amerikagåvan” samt professor Knoellingers samling med arbetsmarknads¬frågor som specialintresse. Från 1950-talet till 2003 anlände material från the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) och the World Trade Organization (WTO) som deposition. Den nationalekonomiska litteraturen söks i Alma med sökfunktionen Signum och söktermen ESF Nat.ek. En del litteratur tryckt före 1980 skall sökas manuellt i institutionens kortkatalog, men retroaktiv inmatning i Alma av litteratur tryckt mellan 1830 och 1979 pågår.

Nationalekonomi

Samlingen med signum HB VIb finns vid huvudbiblioteket och innehåller litteratur om nationalekonomi till och med år 1999. Bankhistoriker ingår i denna samling. Vid Institutionen för samhällsekonomi och statistik finns dessutom en samling nationalekonomiskt litteratur. Nationalekonomisk litteratur har ingått i bokdonationer såväl från hemlandet som från Sverige. Bland donatorerna kan nämnas Gösta Söderholm, Lars Wasastjerna, J.V.Tallqvist och Tor von Wright. Samlingen har kompletterats med friexemplar som erhållits från 1919. Den nationalekonomiska litteraturen söks i Alma med sökfunktionen Signum och söktermen HB VIb. En del litteratur tryckt före 1980 skall sökas manuellt i huvudbibliotekets systematiska kortkatalog, men retroaktiv inmatning i Alma av litteratur tryckt mellan 1830 och 1979 pågår. Från och med år 2000 ingår den nationalekonomiska litteraturen vid huvudbiblioteket i en numerus currens-samling.

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Socialt kapital och politiskt deltagande i Europa

Under de senaste åren har diskussionen om det ”sociala kapitalet” florerat inom många olika vetenskapsgrenar. Studier om socialt kapital, med vilket man avser socialt förtroende, nätverk och reciprocitetsnormer, har utförts speciellt inom samhällsvetenskapliga discipliner som statskunskap, offentlig förvaltning, sociologi och nationalekonomi, men även exempelvis inom folkhälsoområdet. Inom statsvetenskapen har man hänvisat till det sociala kapitalet bl.a. i samband med demokratiforskning, där man konstaterat att socialt kapital har gynnsamma effekter för demokratin (t.ex. ökat valdeltagande och effektivare institutioner) i och med den medborgaranda det skapar. I doktorsavhandlingen granskas inledningsvis två faktorer som kan påverka nivån av socialt kapital i olika länder. Som huvudsakligt material för undersökningen används The European Social Survey (ESS). Resultaten visar att nivån av socialt kapital i hög grad bestäms av graden av ekonomisk jämlikhet och graden av korruption. Ju högre grad av jämlikhet och ju lägre grad av korruption, desto högre är det samhälleliga sociala kapitalet. För det andra undersöks hur socialt kapital (här definierat som socialt förtroende och deltagande i såväl formella föreningar som informella nätverk) är kopplat till olika former av politiskt deltagande. Både traditionella former och mer okonventionella former av politiskt engagemang beaktas. Socialt kapital visar sig med få undantag ha ett samband med politiskt deltagande, såväl på samhällsnivån som på individnivån. Deltagandet i de frivilliga föreningarna är dock i detta avseende den klart viktigaste av det sociala kapitalets beståndsdelar, medan betydelsen av socialt förtroende och socialt umgänge utanför de formella föreningarna blir mindre tydlig.

Is there wage premium to computer use in Sweden

This paper examines the wage premium to computer use in Sweden in the early 1990’s. I use simple regression model and interaction terms in my paper to examine the effect of computer use at work. Although the data is only one-year cross-section data, my results clearly show a wage premium to computer use in Sweden. There are also interesting findings in my paper by using Swedish data. From the results, I find wage premium to be related to intensity of computer use at work.

A gravity model for trade between Vietnam and twenty-three European countries

This thesis examines the bilateral trade between Vietnam and twenty three European countries based on a gravity model and panel data for years 1993 to 2004. Estimates indicate that economic size, market size and real exchange rate of Vietnam and twenty three European countries play major role in bilateral trade between Vietnam and these countries. Distance and history, however, do not seem to drive the bilateral trade. The results of gravity model are also applied to calculate the trade potential between Vietnam and twenty three European countries. It shows that Vietnam’s trade with twenty three European countries has considerable room for growth.

The impact of foreign direct investment and openness on Vietnamese economy

This thesis examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on Vietnamese economy based on Partial Adjustment Model and time series data from 1976 to 2004. FDI is shown to have not only short run but also long run effect on gross domestic product (GDP) of Vietnam. However, elasticity of GDP with respect to FDI is small and it will take many years to fully manifest itself. The impact of trade openness on GDP has also been examined and it is shown to be stronger than that of FDI. The paper offers a number of explanations and discusses briefly suggestions in order to increase the contribution of FDI to Vietnam’s economic development.

Trade effects of exchange rate fluctuations: Evidence from Sweden

An overview of the theoretical literature for the last two decades suggests that there is no clear-cut relationship one can pin down between exchange rate volatility and trade flows. Analytical results are based on specific assumptions and only hold in certain cases. Especially, the impact of exchange rate volatility on export and import activity investigated separately leads also to dissimilar conclusions among countries studied. The general presumption is that an increase in exchange rate volatility will have an adverse effect on trade flows and consequently, the overall heath of the world economy. However, neither theoretical models nor empirical studies provide us with a definitive answer, leaving obtained results highly ambiguous and inconsistent (Baum and Caglayan, 2006). We purposed to empirically investigate trade effects of exchange rate fluctuations in Sweden from the perspective of export and import in this research. The data comprises period from January 1993 to December 2006, where export and import volumes are considered from the point of their determinants, including exchange rate volatility, which has been measured through EGARCH model. The results for the case of Sweden show that short run dynamics of volatility negatively associated with both export and import, whereas considered from the case of previous period volatility it exhibits positive relationship. These results are consistent with the most findings of prior studies, where the relationship remained ambiguous.

Applicatiion of Almost ideal demand system for a pharmaceutical

This thesis is an application of the Almost Ideal Demand System approach of Deaton and Muellbauer,1980, for a particular pharmaceutical, Citalopram, in which GORMAN´s (1971) multi-stage budgeting approach is applied basically since it is one of the most useful approach in estimating demand for differentiated products. Citalopram is an antidepressant drug that is used in the treatment of major depression. As for most other pharmaceuticals whose the patent has expired, there exist branded and generic versions of Citalopram. This paper is aimed to define its demand system with two stage models for the branded version and five generic versions, and to show whether generic versions are able to compete with the branded version. I calculated the own price elasticities, and it made me possible to compare and make a conclusion about the consumers’ choices over the brand and generic drugs. Even though the models need for being developed with some additional variables, estimation results of models and uncompensated price elasticities indicated that the branded version has still power in the market, and generics are able to compete with lower prices. One important point that has to be taken into consideration is that the Swedish pharmaceutical market faced a reform on October 1, 2002, that aims to make consumer better informed about the price and decrease the overall expenditures for pharmaceuticals. Since there were not significantly enough generic sales to take into calculation before the reform, my paper covers sales after the reform.

The Relationship between Transport Infrastructure and EconomicGrowth: An Empirical Analysis Comparing Developing and DevelopedCountries

Gross domestic product (GDP) is generally considered as the most important index and comprehensive measure of the size of economy. This paper investigates empirically the relationship between transport infrastructure (focus on highways) and GDP growth based on a production function approach. The physical stocks of transport infrastructure were used instead of monetary data to measure public capital together with several other variables (labor and private capital) that were hypothesized to affect economic growth. Then we explore a number of subsequent studies that use panel data covering the period between 1992 and 2004. An investigation was done to compare developed countries and developing countries. Results indicate that physical units are positively and significantly related to economic growth. Furthermore there was an interesting finding that the output elasticity with respect to physical units for developed countries is higher than developing countries.

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on International Trade: An Empirical Study of China

This paper investigates the impact of inward FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) on international trade of China empirically on the country level by using panel data from 1984 to 2007. Two separate transformed models which are based on the gravity equation and refer to the econometric models of some previous studies, are used in this paper to estimate the effect of FDI inflows on exports and imports respectively. The estimation results confirmed the complementary relationship between FDI inflows and trade of China both on exports and imports, which has also been supported by previous empirical studies.

A Study on China's Income Inequality and the Relationship with Economic Growth

The purpose of this paper is to study China’s income inequality under rapid economic growth.Does the relationship between economic growth and income inequality in China follow theKuznets hypothesis? What is the main cause and trend of China’s income inequality? We usedata which covers the period 1980-2005 to analyze the overall inequality, and data coveringthe period 1980-2002 to analyze the inequality inside rural and urban areas. The derivedresults doubt the validity of Kuznets hypothesis on explaining the relationship betweeneconomic growth and income inequality in China. Also we derive the trend of China’sincreased income inequality and find that the urban-rural income disparity is the main causeof China’s income inequality.

The determinants of internationalstudent mobility : An empirical study on U.S. Data

The increase in foreign students in countries such as the US, the UK and Francesuggests that the international ‘education industry’ is growing in importance. Thepurpose of this paper is to investigate the empirical determinants of internationalstudent mobility. A secondary purpose is to give tentative policy suggestions to hostcountry, source country and also to provide some recommendations to students whowant to study abroad. Using pooled cross-sectional time series data for the US overthe time period 1993-2006, we estimate an econometric model of enrolment rates offoreign students in the US. Our results suggest that tuition fees, US federal support ofeducation, and the size of the ‘young’ generation of source countries have asignificant influence on international student mobility. We also consider other factorsthat may be relevant in this context.

Modelling Recreation Demand Using Choice Experiments : Using Swedish Snowmobilers Demand for Groomed trails

This paper is concerned with the use of the choice experiment method for modeling the demand for snowmobiling . The Choice Experiment includes five attributes, standard, composition, length, price day card and experience along trail. The paper estimates the snowmobile owners’ preferences and the most preferred attributes, including their will-ingness to pay for a daytrip on groomed snowmobile trail. The data consists of the an-swers from 479 registered snowmobile owners, who answered two hypothetical choice questions each. Estimating using the multinominal logit model, it is found that snow-mobilers on average are willing to pay 22.5 SEK for one day of snowmobiling on a trail with quality described as skidded every 14th day. Furthermore, it is found that the WTP increases with the quality of trail grooming. The result of this paper can be used as a yardstick for snowmobile clubs wanting to develop their trail net worth, organizations and companies developing snowmobiling as a recreational activities and marketers in-terested in marketing snowmobiling as recreational activities.