Essays about: "Aron Björk"

Found 2 essays containing the words Aron Björk.

1. 1. What impacts one's willingness to defend? A study of the influence of military training in Sweden

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Aron Björk; [2023]
   Keywords : Conscription; Military training; Willingness to defend;

   Abstract : This thesis studies the effect of military training on one's willingness to defend by answering the question: How does military training influence the likelihood of people expressing (or having) a willingness to defend one's country? Using difference-in-differences and IV approaches within a linear probability model framework, it exploits two exogenous variations in conscription policy on new survey data in Sweden. First, conscription has almost exclusively covered men, leaving two distinct groups. READ MORE

3. 2. Commodity Prices and Violence in Indonesia

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Aron Björk; Elias Lindh; [2020]
   Keywords : Violence; Commodity Prices; Labour Intensity; Capital Intensity;

   Abstract : What is the linkage between commodity prices and violence? Earlier theory proposes two potential dimensions of the relation. First, through heightening the opportunity cost of crime and conflict, hikes in wages lower violence - the opportunity cost effect. READ MORE