Essays about: "subsidize"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the word subsidize.

1. 1. Hydrogen fuel in the domestic maritime transport sector of Fiji : A Feasibility Study

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Tilda Eklund; Anna Fredén; [2023]
   Keywords : Fiji; Fuel Cell; Maritime Hydrogen; Maritime Transport; Fiji; Bränslecell; Maritim Vätgas; Maritim Transport;

   Abstract : The maritime transport sector accounts for around 2.9% of the world’s anthropogenic emissions, a percentage that is growing yearly. Alternative fuels have come to be considered the necessary solution of the future, not least in island nations such as Fiji that are socially and economically dependent on sustainable maritime transport. READ MORE

3. 2. Should the Swedish government continue subsidizing unprofitable domestic flight routes? : A cost-benefit analysis of Swedish air PSOs

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Petter Förberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Cost-Benefit Analysis; Subsidies; Public Service Obligation PSO ; Regional Flights; Sweden;

   Abstract : Since 1992, the Swedish government and more specifically the Swedish Transport Administration (STA), has subsidized unprofitable flights in the country. Most of these flights are to remote towns in the northern half of the country in which alternative methods of transport are limited, and it is therefore argued that these flights need to be subsidized in order to make these towns easily accessible and to continue being economically stable. READ MORE

4. 3. Government Support for Semiconductors & International Trade Disciplines - Proposed Chips Act for Europe within the Frame of WTO Commitments

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Matthew Langdon; [2022]
   Keywords : subsidies; semiconductors; chips; EU; Chips Act; Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Agreement; WTO; DRAMS; R D; trade disputes; GATT; Chips Fund; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The global semiconductor industry has benefited from a period of intense geographic specialization, yet faces the growing prospect of a new era of turbulence in international trade relations. Severely disrupted by exogenous shocks in global supply chains, the ability of the industry to cater to ceaseless demand growth is jeopardized by an increasing number of initiatives proposed for most industrialized economies to subsidize domestic development and production of semiconductors. READ MORE

5. 4. We can't always get what we need : A methodological study on the trade-off between disease severity and treatment effect in Swedish healthcare prioritization using a discrete choice experiment

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : August Wadell Leimdörfer; [2022]
   Keywords : Discrete choice analysis; Healthcare prioritization; Disease severity; Cost-effectiveness;

   Abstract : In Sweden, three principles prescribed by law compose the ethical platform aiming to ensure a fair distribution of healthcare resources. The goals of each of the three principles are to 1: ensure equal care, regardless of personal characteristics or social function; 2: give priority to patients of bad health; 3: base priority decisions on cost-effectiveness. READ MORE

6. 5. Privatization of public space : Apple Piazza Liberty

   University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management

   Author : Jonathan Eriksson; [2022]
   Keywords : Privatization; Public Realm; Public Space; Quasi-public; Public Domain; The Right to the City; Growth-led planning; Piazza Liberty; Apple;

   Abstract : The subject of this thesis concerns the privatization of public space, examining the rapid provision of quasi-public space in our contemporary neoliberal influenced urbanization process. With the objective to examining the consequences of such development for public space and the public realm. READ MORE