Essays about: "Linnea Englund Davidsson"

Found 2 essays containing the words Linnea Englund Davidsson.

1. 1. Can carbon taxes stimulate clean innovation? Evidence from the Swedish experience

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Linnea Englund Davidsson; Alessandro Festante; [2020]
   Keywords : Climate policy; National Carbon Tax; Clean Innovation; Synthetic Control Method;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the impact of national carbon taxes on clean innovation. We employ the novel synthetic control method to estimate the effect of the Swedish carbon tax, introduced in 1991, on climate change mitigating technology patents. We estimate that the Swedish carbon tax increased clean technology patents by 14. READ MORE

3. 2. Income Inequality and Household Debt : A panel data study of 17 OECD-countries from 1995-2015

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Niclas Hvalgren; Linnea Englund Davidsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Household debt; Income inequality; Reference consumption; Relative income hypothesis of consumption; Panel data analysis; OECD; Advanced economies;

   Abstract : This study explores the relationship between income inequality and household indebtedness using panel data on 17 OECD-countries over the time period 1995-2015. Motivated by relative income theory of consumption and previous empirical research we anticipate a non-monotonic relationship between changes in household debt and income inequality (measured by the Gini- coefficient), as dynamics between different groups of households in the income spread is expected to vary at different levels of inequality. READ MORE