Essays about: "Government size"
Showing result 31 - 35 of 148 essays containing the words Government size.
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31. Overcoming a financial crisis : A study of which factors predicts the impact of a rapid economic change
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionenAbstract : This paper investigates which factors best predict the economic state of a Swedish municipality after the 2008 crisis by constructing a linear model that regresses the change in the unemployment rate on a set of variables. The variables used for the model were from a dataset put together using data from a government service and were selected for the model using Bayesian information criterion. READ MORE
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32. Hur grönt är ett stadsträd? : ett stadsträds klimatavtryck ur ett livscykelperspektiv
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : I uppsatsen undersöks vad plantering av ett enskilt stadsträd har för effekt på växthusgasbalansen. Ämnet undersöks genom litteraturstudie och livscykelanalys av plantering av E-plantor av trädarterna Salix alba, Quercus rubra och Pinus sylvestris i plantskolestorlek alléträd 30-35 med rotklump i öppen parkmark i Helsingborg, Stockholm och Umeå. READ MORE
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33. How We Define Corruption : A comparative study of NGOs and government agency’s definition and experience of corruption
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaperAbstract : Objective Over the latest decades, NGOs have grown exponentially both in size and influence; they have come to play a significant role in development and support for civil society and the democratization process in developing countries. With an increased influence and budgets, NGOs have also come to be increasingly associated with corruption – as victims of corruption, as driving forces of corruption, and finally as anti-corruption activists and strategists. READ MORE
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34. User Involvement and Engagement on Municipal ICT Platforms : A case study on the municipality of Kalmar
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)Abstract : Information and communication platforms are used by cities and municipality for government-citizen communication. Previous research has shown difficulties in purpose and use, as well as in implementation of ICT platforms. READ MORE
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35. Political budget cycles under single party- and coalition governments How the composition of local governments affects opportunistic fiscal policy
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This paper examines the empirical relationship between political budget cycles (PBCs) and two types of governments; single party- and coalition governments. Most PBC models implicitly assume that governments have unitary preferences and unconstrained control over fiscal policy, as is the case under single-party governments. READ MORE