Essays about: "Placebo effect"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 85 essays containing the words Placebo effect.

  1. 16. The Environmental Effects of Investing in ICT - Evidence from Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lisa Grabo; [2021]
    Keywords : environment; emission; ICT; technology; distributed-lag model and event study.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The potential of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has been increasingly acknowledged as relevant in intergovernmental policy documents. However, the positive and negative environmental effects of ICTs are widely debated and there is a lack of systematic analysis regarding causal links between ICT and the environment. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Danish Model - A Study Investigating the Effect of the Flexicurity System on Unemployment

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Johansson; Gabriel Bladh; [2021]
    Keywords : Flexicurity; Unemployment; Denmark; Synthetic Control Method; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The main objective of this paper is to assess the impact of the flexicurity system, which was implemented in Denmark in 1994, on unemployment. The Synthetic Control Method (SCM) is used to construct a counterfactual scenario of what the situation would have been like in Denmark in the absence of the flexicurity reform. READ MORE

  4. 18. The impact of tax exemptions on emissions: Evidence from the Swedish industrial sector

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Kristoffer Edblad; [2021]
    Keywords : Tax exemptions; Emission taxes; CO2 emissions; Synthetic control method; Industrial sector; Sweden;

    Abstract : This paper empirically estimates the effect of tax exemptions from the carbon tax and energy taxon emissions in Sweden. After the tax exemptions in 1992, carbon dioxide emissions from theSwedish industrial sector increased by, on average, over 34 percent, compared to a synthetic control unit constructed from a comparable group of OECD countries. READ MORE

  5. 19. Episodic memory placebo: first try

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Pietro Rizzo; [2021]
    Keywords : classical conditioning; cognitive placebo; episodic memory; placebo effects; subliminal speech priming; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Literature shows that it is possible to induce placebo effects through classical conditioning. Literature also offers first evidence of a semantic memory retrieval enhancement effect elicited through a manipulation of expectancy, which may or may not fit the name of semantic memory retrieval placebo. READ MORE

  6. 20. The Benefits of the Placebo Effect in Serious Games : Possible Applications to Game Design

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Elly Ljungman; HM Muim Rahman; [2021]
    Keywords : Serious game design; Brain training game; Placebo response; Priming; Conditioning; Self-efficacy.; Seriös speldesign; Hjärnträning spel; Placeboeffekt; Priming; Betingning; Självförmåga.;

    Abstract : The presence of the placebo effect can be traced down both in the medical field and games. In the medical field, the placebo effect has been used to understand the effectiveness of any treatment or a specific drug given in a control group. If the medicine is working or it’s just the perceived improvement, which is the placebo effect. READ MORE