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  1. 1. Beyond the Bin: Dumpster Diving as an Alternative Consumer Practice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Adam Christensson; Vendela Melin; [2023]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Title: Beyond the Bin: Dumpster Diving as an Alternative Consumer Practice - Investigating the Motivations and Methods of Urban Foragers Course: BUSN39 Business Administration: Degree Project in Global Marketing - Master level Authors: Adam Christensson and Vendela Melin Supervisor: Annette Cerne Keywords: Dumpster diving, Social movement, Consumer resistance, Theory of planned behavior (TPB). Purpose: The study investigates dumpster diving motivations, methods, and its role as a resistance against conventional consumption patterns. READ MORE

  3. 2. Did the “China Shock” affect British voters’ attitudes and voting behavior in Brexit?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Frida Alvarsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Brexit; anti-globalization; trade exposure; import competition; “China shock”; voting behavior; voters’ attitudes; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Recent years’ political development in Europe as well as in the US reflects a growing support for anti-globalization movements, protectionism and stronger nation-states. The victory for the Leave option in the Brexit referendum further emphasized this development, since many of these views were promoted by the Leave side. READ MORE

  4. 3. Willingness to pay for renewable energy among Indian small and medium-sized enterprises : a contingent valuation experiment

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Samuel Tafesse Wakuma; [2018]
    Keywords : contingent valuation; small-scale firms; WTP; double-bounded dichotomous choice; bivariate probit; India;

    Abstract : To limit climatic change, humans must achieve a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. India, as a large emerging economy, could substantially contribute towards this goal by transforming its energy system. READ MORE

  5. 4. The economic importance of wild salmon - applying contingent valuation method

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Baiba Pruse; [2015]
    Keywords : economics; human behaviour; non-use values; sustainable development; use values; wild salmon;

    Abstract : Wild salmon face an alarming decline in numbers around the globe due to various reasons from which a great part serves the decrease of water quality and habitat destruction. Keeping in mind the benefits associated with wild salmon new measures and forms of social involvement are urgent before it becomes impossible to safeguard the species of interest. READ MORE

  6. 5. Poor, Oppressed and Angry; Rich, Free and Ignorant : Applying Political Economy on Hirschman's Voice

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jonas Poulsen; [2010]
    Keywords : voice; rational choice model; grievance; economics of protest;

    Abstract : Societies will always fail to live up to the expectations of citizens one way or another, independent of their economic and political standards. Albert Hirschman proposed that citizens then have the option of expressing their voice for social change. READ MORE