Essays about: "substitutability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the word substitutability.

  1. 1. Pathways to resilient apple orchards –Economic and ecological aspects of Integrated Pest and Pollination Management

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Anne Sophie Dietrich; [2022]
    Keywords : Integrated pest and pollination management; integrated economic-ecological modelling; resilient orchards; path dependenc;

    Abstract : Apple orchards as social-ecological systems provide high value crops and habitat for a variety of species. Yields are influenced by pest control and pollination services, and profit-oriented management often motivates the use of inputs, e.g., pesticides, to complement or replace these services. READ MORE

  3. 2. Unemployment of foreign-born people in Europe : A study of the Beveridge Curve between 2012 and 2021

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Maike Strube; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Migration has heavily increased in the past decade. The freedom of movement of labor is an important economic strength of Europe. A labor supply shock happened in 2015 when the “refugee crisis” brought many foreign-born people to Europe. READ MORE

  4. 3. Public Goods on Networks : Statics, Welfare & Mechanisms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för reglerteknik

    Author : Anton Arbman Hansing; [2020]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis studies a network game of heterogeneous and asymmetric public goods. Players allocate their wealth between private and public goods, benefiting from the public goods provisioned by their out-neighbors on the network graph. Utilities are given by a Cobb-Douglas function to capture substitutability and decreasing marginal returns. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ecological compensation and mineral extraction : a rocky path

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Annie Burman; [2020]
    Keywords : No-Net-Loss; License to trash; Sustainable development; Sustainability science; Conservation; Mining; Biodiversity offsets; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Ecological compensation builds on the idea of substitutability, meaning that destroyed values can be replaced or substituted with new values that are equal to the ones lost. Through this equivalence between “lost” and “gained” values compensation is meant to allow dynamic economic development without causing irreversible biodiversity loss. READ MORE

  6. 5. The effect of demand density on firm productivity in the restaurant industry

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Victoria Svensson; [2019]
    Keywords : Demand density; labor productivity; substitutability; restaurant industry;

    Abstract : Many researchers have investigated the factors influencing productivity. However, the majority of studies have focused on the supply side variables and hence, the research focusing on demand side factors is small. READ MORE