Essays about: "Total Factor Productivity"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 42 essays containing the words Total Factor Productivity.
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6. Environmental regulation and productivity : Empirical evidence on the Porter hypothesis from the Swedish energy-intensive industry
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : This study analyses the potential effects of environmental regulation on productivity growth in the Swedish energy-intensive industry. The study asks whether the so-called Porter hypothesis is valid in the context of the Swedish heavy industry. READ MORE
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7. The impact of Digital Inclusive Finance on Green Total Factor Productivity under the conditions of Regional Development, a Chinese case based on a spatial perspective
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : As a country with a high proportion of population and land area in the world, China is in a stage of changing its economic development direction, from the previous extensive economic growth to the intensive economic growth. At the same time, due to the limited total amount of resources and limited environmental bearing capacity on the earth, certain constraints are found in terms of amount and structure, which makes the contradictions existing in resources, environment and development of China become prominent. READ MORE
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8. The Effects of climate policy on productivity : An evaluation of emission and energy taxes on industry performance
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : In the struggle against climate change, policymakers are faced with the difficult problem of maintaining economic growth while trying to reduce emissions. This paper studies the effect of the carbon emission tax, EU ETS and energy taxes on Swedish industry productivity between 2009-2018 with the purpose of evaluating the Porter hypothesis. READ MORE
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9. Allocational efficiency in the Swedish economy across sectors and time
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Resource misallocation between firms can lower total factor productivity (TFP) in an economy. In this thesis I develop an approach to measuring the productivity impact from misallocation based on previous literature. READ MORE
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10. Happiness is the same price as red bottoms? Welfare Cost of Business Cycle with Consumption Disasters
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This paper constructs a model, calibrated towards the Swedish economy, with heterogeneous agents in the economy who make decisions to maximize their expected utilities, subjected both to aggregate risks and idiosyncratic risks. In setting up the model, I try to match the unit-root nature of total factor of productivity and the unit-root component in the aggregate consumption time series, with rare consumption disasters incorporated. READ MORE