Essays about: "balanced panel"

Showing result 16 - 19 of 19 essays containing the words balanced panel.

  1. 16. Satisfaction with Water Service Delivery in South Africa - The Effect of Social Comparisons

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Petra Noreback; Ida Frössander; [2014]
    Keywords : satisfaction; social comparisons; water; public service delivery; South Africa;

    Abstract : This Master's Thesis investigates the role of social comparisons in determining households' satisfaction with municipal water service delivery in South Africa. We use a unique balanced panel dataset for the years 2009-2011 from the General Household Surveys conducted by Statistics South Africa. READ MORE

  3. 17. Birds of a feather need not flock together - Mitigating common pool problems and status quo bias with fiscal constraints

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Alice Fredrikson; [2014]
    Keywords : Common pools; Status quo bias; Balanced budget rule;

    Abstract : The ability of decision-makers to cooperate with one another is a controversial topic in political economy. It is often hypothesized that governments and parliaments, which are fragmented in terms of size and ideology will have worse economic outcomes than their less fragmented counterparts. READ MORE

  4. 18. Executive Compensation and Firm Risk-taking: A study of the Compensation Practices in the UK Financial Industry

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Johan Mellberg; [2012-07-25]
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    Abstract : The structure of executive compensation is seen as one of the underlying causes of the financial crisis of 2008. A common opinion is that firms have relied too heavily on equity-based compensation and that this have promoted excessive risk-taking. READ MORE

  5. 19. FROM BLIND PURSUIT OF GROWTH TO BALANCED DEVELOPMENT?: An Analysis of the Political Logic of Fiscal Intergovernmental Transfers in China 1998 - 2003

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Petra Persson; Anna Eriksson; [2006]
    Keywords : China; Intergovernmental fiscal relations; Fiscal federalism; Equalization; Social unrest;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the underlying logic of the allocation of fiscal intergovernmental transfers in China and analyzes the changes in allocation policy over time. A theory of the determinants of central-provincial net fiscal transfers is developed and tested using a unique panel data set on Chinese intergovernmental transfers. READ MORE