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  1. 6. Conditional and Unconditional Transfers : Remittances and the take-up of CCT programs in developing countries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Viktor Sundman; [2016]
    Keywords : Conditional cash transfers; remittances; social assistance; human capital development;

    Abstract : This study examines the relationship between reception of remittances and CCT participation. Three hypotheses, predicting a negative relationship between remittances and CCTs, are presented. These are tested by logit regressions based on data from national household surveys from four Latin American countries. READ MORE

  3. 7. Beyond the typical twin crises: an examination of banking and sovereign debt crises

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jakob Nordmark; Michelle Wihlborg; [2012]
    Keywords : Banking crises; debt crises; twin crises; multivariate logit model; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines potential determinants of banking and sovereign debt crises for the period 1970-2008 using a multivariate logit model. In addition, the paper analyzes links between these types of crises through conditional and unconditional probabilities. READ MORE

  4. 8. Progresa and its Impact on School Attendance : Disparities between Mexican rural and urban areas

    University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Therese Norman; Michaela Norrman; [2010]
    Keywords : Progresa; education; human capital; Mexico; conditional cash transfers; poverty; logistic regression model; Progresa; utbildning; humankapital; Mexiko; villkora bistånds-program; fattigdom; logistisk regressionsmodell;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of a conditional cash transfer program, Progresa, on school attendance in Mexican rural and urban areas. Within recent years, conditional cash transfer programs have become one of the most accepted remedies for poverty alleviation in many countries. READ MORE

  5. 9. Location Choice and Host Country IPR Protection

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jenny Dickson; [2006]
    Keywords : Multinational enterprises; Location choice; Intellectual property rights; Conditional logit;

    Abstract : In this paper the effect of host country intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection on location choice is analyzed, by using firm-level panel data on Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs). The data are separated into two sub-samples; for the 1970s and 1990s. The empirical model used is the conditional logit model. READ MORE

  6. 10. Are divergent preferences between benefactors and beneficiaries an obstacle to community-based conservation? A case study of the Palas Valley, northern Pakistan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Hellquist; [2005]
    Keywords : eco-colonialism; community-based conservation; environmental valuation; contingent valuation; choice experiment; conditional logit; multinomial logit; Western Tragopan; Palas Valley; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines the problems of nature conservation in the Third World. A Pakistani community-based conservation project, the Palas Conservation and Development Project (PCDP), acts as a reference point. READ MORE