Essays about: "Consumer welfare"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 133 essays containing the words Consumer welfare.

  1. 41. Kaninkött : ett hållbart alternativ?

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Elisabet Henriksson; [2019]
    Keywords : kaninkött; hållbarhet; hälsa; klimat;

    Abstract : Köttkonsumtionen stiger i världen, både i länder som tidigare haft stor köttkonsumtion, och i länder där konsumtionen tidigare varit begränsad av ekonomiska skäl men där befolkningen nu har råd att köpa kött i större utsträckning. Köttkonsumtionen stiger i både absoluta och relativa termer. READ MORE

  3. 42. Assessing the Benefits from Electricity Real-Time Pricing for Heterogeneous Consumer Demand Groups

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Sejal Gandhi; Klara Rabe; [2019]
    Keywords : Real-Time Pricing; Electricity Sector; Energy Pricing; Energy Policy;

    Abstract : Real-time pricing (RTP) of electricity avoids the market inefficiencies caused by flat-rate pricing and can help to integrate a greater share of renewable energies. However, RTP for household consumers has met fierce opposition, often on the grounds that it will have adverse redistributional effects. READ MORE

  4. 43. Dynamics of migration, consumption and gender: The case of Ukrainian migrant women in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Viktoriia Zinchuk; [2018]
    Keywords : skilled migration; gender; consumption; practices.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : How do practices of migration, consumption and gender mutually shape each other in contemporary society? In this thesis, I am trying to partly address some aspects of this question by examining the consumption practices of Ukrainian migrant mothers in Sweden. Drawing on conceptual frames of gendered geographies of power and employing a practice theory as a meta-theoretical approach, I conducted fourteen semi-structured open-ended interviews with Ukrainian migrants. READ MORE

  5. 44. Environmental policy after Brexit : how does the introduction of a fossil-energy tax affect the british economy?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Rebekka Bärenbold; [2018]
    Keywords : environmental policy; CGE analysis; fossil-energy tax; GTAP; Brexit;

    Abstract : As the United Kingdom (UK) is set to leave the European Union (EU) in 2019, it faces large uncertainties especially with respect to international policy such as climate policies. The UK still has to meet previously agreed upon climate targets but it now has the possibility to abolish EU climate policies and implement different strategies on a national level. READ MORE

  6. 45. En jämförelse mellan ekologisk och konventionell djurhållning : - gällande djurhälsa, miljöpåverkan och hälsoaspekter

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Zandra Hugoh; [2018]
    Keywords : ekologisk; etikettproduktion; djurvälfärd; etik; miljö; konsument;

    Abstract : Dagens moderna konsument ställer höga krav på livsmedlens hälsoeffekter och miljöpåverkan. Det ekologiska jordbruket fokuserar främst på miljön och djurhälsan, men diskussioner förs om huruvida den ekologiska produktionen är ineffektiv. Ekologiska livsmedel växer mer och mer på marknaden, samtidigt som konsumentens krav ökar. READ MORE