Essays about: "Economics in using computer"

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1. 1. MONEY ON (THE) LINE : A Quantitative Study on the Effects of Different Types of Digital Government Services on Petty Corruption

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Victor Hasslöf; [2024]
   Keywords : E-government; E-governance; E-services; E-service; electronic; government; governance; digital; government; service; services; digital; digitalization; computer; public; sector; informational; transactional; corruption; petty; crime; economics; quantitative; analysis; 2014; 2013; EGDI; online; index; subindex; disaggregate; conceptualization; data; E-tjänst; E-services; digitalisering; digital; tjänst; offentlig; sektor; korruption; tjänstemannakorruption; information; transaktion; brottsekonomi; dator; ekonomi; kvantitativ; analys; 2014; 2015; EGDI; online; index; underindex; disaggregerad; konceptualisera; data;

   Abstract : Previous research indicates that improving digital government services may contribute to the reduction of corruption. This study seeks to deepen the knowledge of this suggested causal link in several ways. Firstly, it adds nuance by examining the effects of two distinct sub-types of digital government services on specifically petty corruption. READ MORE

3. 2. Skill Returns and Labor Market Mismatches - Exploring Workforce Potential in Urban Ghana and Kenya

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Matilda Persson; [2022]
   Keywords : skill returns; labor market mismatches; Ghana; Kenya; STEP; human capital; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Ghana and Kenya have both made significant efforts to strengthen the skills profile of their young and growing workforces. Raising skill levels and matching workers correctly to jobs is believed to increase productivity and reduce unemployment. READ MORE

4. 3. Can We Predict Business Cycles With Natural Language Processing?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Albert Flak; [2020]
   Keywords : Business Cycles; Economic Narratives; Natural Language Processing NLP ; Latent Dirichlet Allocation LDA ; Word Embeddings;

   Abstract : For centuries, many economists have attempted to solve the puzzle of business cycles; what explains them, and is it possible to predict them? The great amount of electronically available textual data, together with the recent advancements in unsupervised natural language processing are bound to offer new ways of analysing these perennial questions. Inspired with the emergence of narrative economics as a new field of economic analysis, I propose a novel research design to computationally extract business cycle sentiment from textual data on economic expectations. READ MORE

5. 4. Interpolating between images using optimal mass transport

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI)

   Author : Simen Wendelborg Thingstad; [2020]
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   Abstract : Optimal mass transport (OMT) is an optimization problem that obtains the way to move mass, or values, from one function to another, in the most efficient way, or at the lowest cost. This technique is used in various fields, e.g. computer vision, machine learning and economics. READ MORE

6. 5. Portfolio Optimization Using the Atkinson Index

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Nils Billgert; [2019]
   Keywords : atkinson index; performance measure; portfolio optimization; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Traditional mean-variance optimization of portfolios has received much criticism due to its inability to account for higher order moments and non-quadratic utility. In this thesis, the topic of portfolio optimization is studied using the Atkinson index with CRRA utility. READ MORE