Essays about: "Sara Pärssinen"

Found 2 essays containing the words Sara Pärssinen.

1. 1. Cocoa is Ghana, Ghana is Cocoa - Evaluating Reforms of the Ghanaian Cocoa Sector

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Helena Lundstedt; Sara Pärssinen; [2009]
   Keywords : Ghana; Competition; performance; cocoa; market chain; liberalisation; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The cocoa sector is of vital importance to Ghana, employing millions of people and contributing important revenues to the government. In order to raise prices received by producers and to increase overall performance of the cocoa sector, a number of reforms were undertaken, where the most important opened up the internal market to competition. READ MORE

3. 2. How Gender-based Discrimination Affects Growth in an Extended Romer Model

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Sara Pärssinen; [2009]
   Keywords : gender; discrimination; endogenous growth; R D; technological progress; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to formalize a relationship between gender-based discrimination in the research sector and economic growth in order to investigate whether discrimination affects GDP per capita and economic growth in the long run. The model has got its main features from the Romer model and has been elaborated in order to account for gender-based discrimination. READ MORE