Essays about: "economics econometrics"

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1. 11. Carbon-Intensive Path Dependencies in the Electric Grid: Assessing the Effect of Coal-Fired Power Plant Closures on Future Renewable Energy Adoption

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Cole Anderson Steinberg; [2020]
   Keywords : Energy Transition; Coal Closures; Renewable Energy; Carbon Lock-In; Fuel-Switching; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Increasingly severe consequences of fossil fuel consumption have proliferated the exigency of an energy transition to zero and low-carbon electricity generation technology. Despite its relative reduction in market share in the United States, coal continues to play a role in future energy scenarios. This study examines the contiguous U.S. READ MORE

3. 12. The removal of trade sanctions’ impact on South African wine export : a gravity model that estimates what happened with South Africa’s wine export when apartheid ended.

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Julia Linderson; [2020]
   Keywords : apartheid; econometrics; economics; embargo; exort; gravity model; sanctions; trade; trade agreement;

   Abstract : This paper investigates how the removal of the South Africa trade embargo in 1994 affected its wine exports. The goal is to determine the significance of the sanctions and trade agreements for this export. Specifically, sanctions and certain trade agreements are examined between the years 1990 to 2010. READ MORE

4. 13. The elasticity of demand for phosphorus fertilisers in Swedish agriculture : a panel data study of price effects on phosphorus compounds in chemical fertilisers

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Jakob Nygårds; Ellika Svensson Svenungsson; [2020]
   Keywords : agriculture; econometrics; fertilisers; import tariff; panel data; price elasticity; phosphorus; tax;

   Abstract : Chemical fertilisers are common in the Swedish agriculture and even though there is a decreasing trend of using chemical fertilisers, they still have major negative impact on the environment (Swedish Board of Agriculture, 2019). This study focuses on the price elasticity of demand for phosphorus fertilisers in Swedish agriculture and how price changes of phosphorus fertilisers affect farmers. READ MORE

5. 14. The Impact of Promotions on Store Visits: A Counterfactual Approach

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen

   Author : Joel Persson; [2018]
   Keywords : Promotion; potential outcomes; counterfactual analysis; treatment effects; panel data econometrics; spatio-temporal; Mathematics and Statistics; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis empirically quantifies the impact of promotions on store visits in the Swedish grocery retailing sector with nationally representative panel data on household purchases of ground coffee. Using the potential outcomes framework, the impact is calculated as the difference between outcomes with promotion and their counterfactuals estimated with two regression models. READ MORE

6. 15. Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment and Its Relationship to the Quality of the Education System: A Cross-Country Study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : David Sandberg; Daniel Strandberg; [2018]
   Keywords : intergenerational mobility; education quality; econometrics; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of having a high-quality education system is not only to increase the human capital level of the younger population, but also a mechanism to minimize the differences between children’s chances to succeed in life. Children who come from poor backgrounds and have low educated parents will be given a possibility to succeed through a high-quality education system. READ MORE