Essays about: "endowments"
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1. Public goods games for collective agri-environmental contracts design
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : This thesis conducts a structured literature review of public goods games (PGG) experiments to analyze the differences between laboratory and field studies and to understand whether farmers cooperate more or less than standard PGG subjects. In addition, novel data on public goods games conducted on European farmers from Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, and Poland are analyzed to understand the effect of heterogeneous starting endowments on cooperation. READ MORE
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2. The Cost Of Bias : - A Study About Wage Inequality and Discrimination in the U.S. Labor Market
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : Wage inequality and discrimination are two interrelated issues that have significant implications for individuals, organizations and society. Although progress has been made over the past decades to address these issues, they continue to exist in many sectors of the labor market. READ MORE
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3. Could foreign direct investments be a liability in Sub Saharan Africa in terms of corruption and the environment?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Abstract This paper's objective is to bring context and important findings on how foreign direct investments can impact Sub Saharan Africa. Based on previous research and theory data has been collected and gone through several econometric tests to set up two different panel datas: 1. How FDI can impact CO2 emissions. 2. READ MORE
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4. Island innovation: Exploring External Linkages in Gotland’s Film Industry
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : Cultural and creative industries have been prominent topics of academic and policymaking discussions over the past two decades. However, existing literature has predominantly concentrated on urban and metropolitan regions, neglecting peripheral regions. READ MORE
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5. To what extent are Hungarian farmers willing to cooperate on agri-environmental schemes? : experimental evidence from a public goods game
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : European Union agri-environmental measures fail to deliver expected benefits despite playing a central role in mitigating the negative effects of agriculture on biodiversity and the environment. Implementing agri-environmental contracts following a landscape-scale rather than an individual�farm level approach could potentially contribute to improving their environmental performance. READ MORE
