Essays about: "law and economics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 203 essays containing the words law and economics.

  1. 1. Investigating the relationship between economic preferences and attitudes towards vaccination against COVID-19.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Rasmus Eriksson; [2022-02-14]
    Keywords : COVID-19; attitudes towards vaccination; vaccination willingness; economic preferences; risk preferences; risk aversion; ambiguity preferences; ambiguity aversion; other regarding preferences; altruism; freeriding; conditional cooperation;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between economic preferences and attitudes towards vaccination against COVID-19. These relationships are important to explore in order to design correct and effective vaccination policies that can increase vaccination willingness and decrease vaccination hesitancy. READ MORE

  3. 2. He's on Fire? Strategic Decisions and Allocation Adjustments Under the Hot Hand Fallacy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : William Möllestam; [2022]
    Keywords : Hot hand fallacy; law of small numbers; sequential decision making; selection bias; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper empirically explores 10 years of play-by-play data from the seasons 2011-2021 from National Basketball Association with a comprehensive dataset with 2.7 million shots to test for a hot hand, (i.e., predictability in future outcomes) using three separate models. READ MORE

  4. 3. Victim Blaming and the Swedish Consent Law - A Swedish vignette experiment investigating the effectiveness of the Law of Consent on normative attitudes towards victim blaming

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Kristen Jed Rosario; Stina Öman; [2021-09-13]
    Keywords : norms; law; economics; economics; economics; consent; victim blame; rape; beliefs; attitudes; behavior; vignette; expressive effect;

    Abstract : and economical burdens on the victim, especially when the victim is a woman. This study contributes to an expanding literature on social norms, the law, and economics, focusing on the expressive effect of the law as one of the main channels that can shape societal norms. READ MORE

  5. 4. Consumption changes due to expected future income as a result of Covid-19

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Melissa Au; Matilda Keskinen; [2021-07-02]
    Keywords : consumer behaviour; expected future income; COVID-19; pandemic; crisis;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the effects of the pandemic on individuals’ expectations regarding future income and thus their consumption behavior. The research will therefore contribute with new insights into the relationship between consumer behaviour and income expectations, which can be useful for future studies and for policy design during this or future pandemics. READ MORE

  6. 5. Balancing relationship between academia and business community in terms of soft skills supply and demand in the labour market

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Anastasiia Reznikova; [2021-06-29]
    Keywords : Labour market; Academia; Actors; Institutional logics; Institutional complexity; Multiple institutional logics; Market logic; Professional logic; Soft skills;

    Abstract : The interplay between the different logics and possibility of their balancing is of great interest and these issues have been extensively studied. Such actors as academia and the business community follow different institutional logics in the labour market. READ MORE