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  1. 1. The impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth for countries in Latin America

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Clara Wieslander; Evelina Sundin; [2022]
    Keywords : Economic Growth; Latin America; Schumpeterian model; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines how Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) affects Economic Growth and Total Factor Productivity (TFP) for recipient countries in Latin America. The study investigates whether FDI generates positive spillover effects, leading to a higher increase in TFP than domestic investments. READ MORE

  3. 2. Going Public and Stepping Up: Do companies become more productive after listing on the stock exchange?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Folke Schröder Frykhammar; Gustav Sandelin; [2021]
    Keywords : Productivity; Initial Public Offering; Stock Price Informativeness; Total Factor Productivity;

    Abstract : This thesis examines whether Swedish companies become more productive, i.e., achieve higher total factor productivity (TFP), after going public. Additionally, it extends previous findings about stock price informativeness to a Swedish context and tests whether it has any ex ante going public implications on productivity. READ MORE

  4. 3. Preparing for a pandemic - a theoretical perspective on the trade-offs of unconventional monetary policy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Carl Sandström; [2021]
    Keywords : DSGE; financial frictions; monetary policy; pandemic; Euro Area; probability of default; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, unprecedented policy measures were implemented by central banks and governments to dampen the effect on the real economy. Alongside the spread of the pandemic, research regarding how to simulate similar effects of the virus on the real economy and how to formulate optimal policy began spreading at an equal pace. READ MORE

  5. 4. Underväxtens påverkan på stubbhöjd och skador i förstagallring : the effect of undergrowth on stump height and damages in first thinning

    University essay from SLU/Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology (from 131204)

    Author : Ingrid Levin; [2021]
    Keywords : fältstudie; undervegetation; höga stubbar; stamskador;

    Abstract : Årligen gallras det runt 300 000 hektar i Sverige. Det ekonomiska utfallet vid en gallring påverkas märkbart av skördarens produktivitet och kostnad. Medelstamsvolymen i en gallring har stor påverkan på skördarens produktivitet. En ytterligare faktor som påverkar produktiviteten är potentiell underväxt som finns i beståndet. READ MORE

  6. 5. Hints of Sustainable Development in the Philippines: Genuine Savings 1902-2018

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Mary Lerma Ann Limjoco; [2021]
    Keywords : Economic History; Environment; Development; Green Growth; Sustainability; Genuine Savings; Adjusted Net Savings; Philippines; Sustainable Development; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The Philippines is one of the most affected countries by climate change. Income levels do not say much about its national wealth as it leaves out depreciation and excludes other necessary types of capital but are still mainly used to report a country’s economic standing regardless of its sustainability. READ MORE