Essays about: "Reservation wage"
Found 4 essays containing the words Reservation wage.
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1. The Opportunity Cost of Households´ Recycling Efforts : The Role of Norms and Warm-Glow Motives
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälleAbstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to examine households´ preferences towards relaxing the time demanding aspects of transporting sorted packaging waste. According to welfare economics, households should be willing to pay an amount equal to their reservation wage to benefit from more leisure time. However, specific types of norms, e.g. READ MORE
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2. Learner Control, Willingness to Pay and Reservation Wages
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper investigates whether increasing the amount of control a learner has in his/ her learning increases his/her willingness to pay for that learning, or his/her reservation wage for a topic related task. Using a small scale online experiment, separating participants into two groups, each corresponding to a different treatment; one with control and one without, this paper found no significant difference between the two groups in their willingness to pay for learning how to play chess. READ MORE
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3. Creditor protection in credit securities typical to ships and competition in its realisation - a rem study under Swedish jurisdiction
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Kreditsäkerheter i fartyg kan upplåtas genom ett flertal olika konstruktioner. Denna uppsats avhandlar tre utav dessa varianter; sjöpanträtt i fartyg, retentionsrätt och ägarförbehåll till helt fartyg. Sjöpanträtt i fartyg är en legal panträtt som i princip inte kan upplåtas genom avtal. READ MORE
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4. Hyperbolic Discounting and Job Search
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : The theory of hyperbolic discounting can explain why people procrastinate. We test our hypothesis that people do have hyperbolic preferences by studying data describing the job search behavior among unemployed Swedish persons. READ MORE