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1. 1. RBC with Endogenous Health

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Linnéa Ekberg; Rasmus Grehn; [2023]
   Keywords : Business cycle; Health; Health investment; Time allocation;

   Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the limited literature on RBC models with endogenous health accumulation. To this end, we develop an infinitely lived agent model with endogenous health, productivity shocks, and health shocks. Health is conceptualized as a capital stock in accordance with the Grossman model. READ MORE

3. 2. Economic Impact on Beverage Consumption in Developing Economies

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen

   Author : Philippa Nantamu; [2022]
   Keywords : panel data; fixed effects; beverage consumption; GDP per capita; inflation price change; employment rate; sugar-sweetened beverages; coffee or tea drinks; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study aims to find out the long-term relationship between macroeconomic factors and beverage market volume in different countries from 2005 to 2020. Per capita market volume is investigated in aggregated form to gain a clear understanding of the impact on beverage products, covering product type, product process, product distribution per country, and given period. READ MORE

4. 3. Cyclical consumption and the aggregate stock market: Evidence from the Nordic countries

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Sasu Huttunen; Govert Looije; [2021]
   Keywords : Cyclical consumption; Aggregate stock market; Nordic countries; Out-of-Sample Predictability;

   Abstract : Researchers have dedicated considerable work to explaining components to excess stock market returns. Recently, Atanasov et al. (2020) managed to explain some of this variance in the US stock markets with a cyclical consumption variable. READ MORE

5. 4. Stop consuming clothes, start using them! How can product-service systems be designed to be accepted as the norm?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Emmi Kaisa Kaarna; Jessica Koennecke; [2017]
   Keywords : norms; green family consumption; circular economy; product-service systems; normalization process; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this research was to find the influencing factors, which might hinder or facilitate the normalization process of product-service systems in the clothing industry. Hereby, the researchers tried to understand the influence of established norms and their affect on the normalization process. READ MORE

6. 5. A Solution to Crises or a Mechanism of Capitalist Expansion? Environmental Injustices and the Flexing of the Soy Complex in Brazil

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Sophia Hutnik; [2016]
   Keywords : Brazil; soybeans; flex crops; capital over-accumulation; contemporary crises; environmental degradation; environmental justice; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : It seems as though every generation has been faced with crises that are presented as more dire than the last. The current elaborations of crises focus on peak oil, climate change and food production as imminent threats to the modes of production and consumption encompassed in the capitalist world system. READ MORE