Essays about: "ECONOMICS REFORMS"

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  1. 1. Beyond Distance: Understanding the Trade Disadvantage of the Sub-Saharan African Landlocked Countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mai Ahrne Bojang; [2023]
    Keywords : Landlocked; Gravity model; Sub-Saharan Africa; European Union; International trade; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the magnitude of exports of the landlocked countries of Sub-Saharan Africa to the European Union and attempts to find an explanation for the low trade flows of the region. Understanding the cause of the limited trade of landlocked countries in the region is important to enable successful implementation of trade enhancing policies and reforms. READ MORE

  3. 2. Education as a Double-Edge Sword: Examining the Dynamics between Education Expansion and Wage Inequality in Colombia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Juanita Serna Velasco; [2023]
    Keywords : wage inequality; education expansion; Colombia; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between education and income inequality in Colombia. Using unconditional quantile regressions (UQR) this paper examines the wage returns of different education levels at various points of the wage distribution. READ MORE

  4. 3. How the duration of a cap-and-trade scheme with an adjustable emissions cap affects cumulative emissions : the case of the EU ETS

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Max Engström; [2023]
    Keywords : Emissions trading; EU ETS; Market Stability Reserve; Policy design;

    Abstract : The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a cap-and-trade scheme, whose adjustable supply of allowances is determined by a quantity mechanism, as opposed to a price mechanism. This paper quantifies the reduction in cumulative emissions that arises from bringing the final year of a cap-and-trade scheme that operate a quantity mechanism, such as the EU ETS, forward in time. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Deregulation of the Swedish Railway - On Track or Derailed?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Axel Reimers; [2023]
    Keywords : Deregulation; Swedish railway; Structure-Conduct-Performance approach; Strategic interaction; Entry barriers; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Since 2010, the Swedish railway has been open to competition for passenger train traffic. Despite extensive deregulations, the state-owned enterprise and previous monopoly Statens Järnvägar has managed to retain its previous position as the reigning actor of the Swedish railway. READ MORE

  6. 5. Education and Economy in Japan: Overeducation, Anxiety, Unhappiness and Low Productivity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Tianqi Liu; [2022]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The thesis reviews research about economic impact of education and overeducation, and also researches about education, inequality and suicide in Japan. The thesis describes Thurow’s job competition model, Spence’s job market signaling model and Tsang and Levin’s production model. READ MORE