Essays about: "Substitution Rate"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 29 essays containing the words Substitution Rate.

  1. 11. Carbon budgets in northern Swedish Forests, 1800-2013

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Gustav Stål; [2018]
    Keywords : climate change mitigation; northern Swedish forests; carbon dept; substitution; harvested wood products; klimatförändringar; norra Sveriges skogar; kolskuld; substitution; träprodukter;

    Abstract : Forests and forest management can mitigate increased carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere through sequestration of carbon and/or substitution. A major question has been whether it is better to use or conserve forests, with some claiming that European forests carry a huge carbon debt as a result of forestry. READ MORE

  3. 12. The impact of minimum wages on the incentives of education for the youth

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Heba Kurdi; [2017]
    Keywords : Minimum wage; wage dispersion; Nordic countries; education; upper secondary graduation rate; incentives; employment; labour demand and supply; labour market condition; Queuing hypothesis; and Substitution hypothesis.;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the incentives regarding the education decisions, resulting from a minimum wage over the period 2005-2014. The question is investigated by comparing the changes in the wage dispersion and upper secondary graduation rate in 17 OECD countries. READ MORE

  4. 13. Environmental benefits of reuse : A simplified ESA-tool for measuring avoided environmental impacts from second hand operations.

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Patrik William-Olsson; [2017]
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    Abstract : Today we live in a world with an increasing consumption and limited resources. To be able to continue and thrive is now a matter of sustainability. We need to remake our linear economy in to a more circular model and try to decouple the extraction of natural resources from the economic growth. READ MORE

  5. 14. Setting the seeds for a green growth -A Study of biofuel development in Indonesia’s transport sector

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Sophia Aaman; Johan Henrik Hessel Lundberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Multi-Level Perspective; Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning; Biofuels for transport; Indonesia; Barriers.;

    Abstract : Climate change poses as one of the major environmental issues on a global scale today, with one of the largest contributor to the climate change being the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions in turn is known to a large extent originate in anthropogenic energy use, especially fossil fuel usage. READ MORE

  6. 15. Determinants of the private savingsrate in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Nationalekonomi

    Author : PAULINA KOSKI; [2016]
    Keywords : Private savings; Life-Cycle; Precautionary Savings; Permanent Income; Ricardian;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the determinants of private savings in Sweden, covering the time period 1914-2014. The steadily increasing fraction of the elderly, as a percentage of the working age population is a demographic development confronted by almost all industrialized countries nowadays. READ MORE