Essays about: "Deadweight loss"

Found 4 essays containing the words Deadweight loss.

  1. 1. The Deadweight Loss of Christmas Revisited

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Tobias Lahtinen; Johan Rhodin; [2021-08-04]
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    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate if there is a deadweight loss, (DWL), or gain to society elicited from the gift-exchange during the Christmas holiday in Sweden in 2020. This is done by partly replicating the method used in the famous article The deadweight loss of Christmas, written by Joel Waldfogel (1993). READ MORE

  3. 2. Do long waiting times worsen health outcomes of patients with cardiovascular diseases? A study using data from SHARE survey

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Jesper Carlsson; Lukas Ma; [2018-07-09]
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    Abstract : Long hospital waits are causing frustrations among patients and are a fiercely debated topic in many OECD countries. Peoples are worrying about that long waiting times might cause deterioration in patients’ health. This study investigates whether waiting times have any adverse impact on health in patients with cardiovascular diseases. READ MORE

  4. 3. Fringe benefits taxation The case of company cars as fringe benefits in Sweden : The case of company cars as fringe benefits in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Jessica Schering; [2018]
    Keywords : Fringe benefits; Fringe benefits taxation; Company cars; Welfare effects; Deadweight loss; Car exernalities.; Förmånsbil; Löneförmån; Förmånsbeskattning; Välfärdseffekt; Dödviktsförlust; Bilex-ternaliteter.;

    Abstract : While fringe benefits create value in the employer-employee relationship, implicitly subsidized fringe ben-efits risk incurring economic deadweight losses. An increasingly common fringe benefit in Europe is the company car. READ MORE

  5. 4. Is there an optimal patent length?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Kramming; [2010]
    Keywords : EU Intellectual Property Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In today’s society innovation is increasingly important for a developed, as well as a developing, country and it is a significant contributor to economic growth and the evolution of society. The accounted value of companies increasingly consists of immaterial property and our access to existing knowledge is ever greater and ever easier. READ MORE