Essays about: "Regional productivity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 essays containing the words Regional productivity.

1. 1. Large-Scale Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development: A Synthetic Control Analysis of the Øresund Fixed Link

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Hanna Larsson; Gabriel Ehrnst Grundin; [2023]
   Keywords : cross-border infrastructure; Øresund Bridge; Denmark; Sweden; synthetic control method;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the regional economic effects of the Øresund Bridge across the Denmark-Sweden border. Using macroeconomic data over the period 1980-2019, we employ the synthetic control method to estimate the effects of the bridge on three economic outcomes in the regions linked by it. READ MORE

3. 2. Climate Change and Long-term Economic Impact : Analysis of Swedish Counties

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

   Author : Marcus Martinsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Climate change; economic impact; long-run; long-term; Sweden;

   Abstract : Climate change poses a significant challenge to economies throughout the world; understanding its potential economic impacts at the regional level is important for making informed policy decisions and mapping out effective adaptation strategies. This thesis examines the long-run effect of climate change in Sweden, an environmentally diverse, developed country with ambitious sustainability goals. READ MORE

4. 3. Methane Sulphonic Acid in East Antarctic Coastal Firn and Ice Cores and Its Relationship with Chlorophyll-a and Sea Ice Extent in the Southern Ocean

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Emma Nilsson; [2022]
   Keywords : methane sulphonic acid; firn cores; sea ice proxy; marine primary productivity; Fimbul Ice Shelf; Dronning Maud Land; metansulfonsyra; firnkärnor; havsis-proxy; marin primärproduktion; Fimbulisen; Dronning Maud Land;

   Abstract : The seasonal retreat of sea ice in the austral spring and summer around Antarctica has a significant effect on phytoplankton activity, mainly due to light availability, meltwater input of dissolved iron, and surface water stratification. Phytoplankton produce dimethylsulfoniopropionate, the precursor to the climate-cooling gas dimethyl sulphide, which is ventilated to the atmosphere and oxidised to methane sulphonic acid (MSA). READ MORE

5. 4. Office localization and the impact of remote work: A case study of a KIBS

   University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

   Author : Simon Karlberg; Antonius Mekhael; [2022]
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   Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has induced society to conduct work more remotely and therefore created challenges in adapting to this change. Remote work has created new opportunities of being less geographically bound when conducting work which therefore evokes the questions of what considerations are of importance when implementing remote work and how it has affected the choice of physical location. READ MORE

6. 5. Where are we heading?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Clara Ramm-Ericson; Ingrid Gunnarsson; [2022]
   Keywords : graduate migration; urbanity; municipalities; regression analysis; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The migration patterns of newly graduated students have implications for regional development, as the attraction and retention of high-educated individuals is important for the innovation and productivity of the regional labor market. Moreover, imbalances in the migration flows may create or amplify regional discrepancies. READ MORE