Essays about: "Ragnar Fahlin Strömberg"

Found 2 essays containing the words Ragnar Fahlin Strömberg.

1. 1. BITs and Trade Patterns: New Perspectives on Vertical Integration

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Ragnar Fahlin Strömberg; [2015]
   Keywords : International trade; Bilateral Investment Treaties; Relationship-specificity;

   Abstract : The recent decades have witnessed a remarkable growth in the number of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) that are signed and ratified across the world. Several studies have explored the impact that BITs carry on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in an effort to explain the popularity of BITs. READ MORE

3. 2. The impact of competition on costs within Sweden's educational sector - the effects of market forces on public expenditures

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Ragnar Fahlin Strömberg; [2012]
   Keywords : educational competition; public costs; scale effects; independent schools;

   Abstract : When the Swedish educational voucher system was introduced in the beginning of the 1990s, an important rationale was the alleged ability of competition from independent schools to trim costs within the educational sector. In this thesis we study both the elementary and upper-secondary levels of education and employ an econometric approach with panel data regressions to estimate i) the effects of increased competition from independent schools upon the total cost for the municipality per student recorded as living there and ii) the effects from decreased student enrollment on costs within public schools. READ MORE