Essays about: "subsidy"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 139 essays containing the word subsidy.

  1. 11. Need for Speed(y) Conversion to a Low-Emission Vehicle Fleet : The Incidence of the Swedish Feebate Tax in the Presence of the Impending EU CO2 Emission Standards

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Michaela Dagher; [2022]
    Keywords : feebate tax; tax incidence; BonusMalus; vehicle fleet;

    Abstract : In 2014, the European Union and its members agreed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent before 2030. The Bonus-Malus, a feebate tax scheme, was introduced in Sweden in 2018 in the hopes that it would result in lower carbon dioxide emission from Sweden’s transport sector. READ MORE

  3. 12. A Hard Pill to Swallow? Subsidized Contraceptives and Women's Intergenerational Mobility in a Difference-in-Differences Framework

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Matilda Fors; Lisa-Maria Jonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : intergenerational mobility; income persistence; contraceptives; fertility; natural experiment;

    Abstract : The theory and methods of intergenerational mobility attempt to explain the transmission of socioeconomic status between family members of different generations. In this thesis, we study the causal effect of access to contraceptives on the intergenerational mobility of women. READ MORE

  4. 13. Resiliens och lönsamhet i agrara produktionssystem vid stigande råvarupriser : en jämförande studie mellan ekologisk och konventionell växtodling

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Carl Berglert; Adam Lagerfelt; [2022]
    Keywords : Resiliens; lönsamhet; växtodling; produktionssystem;

    Abstract : Växtodling i Sverige bedrivs huvudsakligen på två olika vis, konventionellt eller ekologiskt. Den största skillnaden mellan systemen är avsaknaden av handelsgödsel och bekämpningsmedel inom den ekologiska odlingen. Detta medför lägre avkastning och större ogräsproblematik. READ MORE

  5. 14. Sustainable meat consumption

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Julia Linderson; [2022]
    Keywords : Economics; food; policy; tax; subsidy; sustainability; meat; consumption; biodiversity; GHG-emissions;

    Abstract : Global warming, declining biodiversity, overuse of natural resources and social fundamentals such as health and a secure income are all affected by our food consumption. In the last 30 years, global meat consumption has doubled, which has increased the negative effects on these issues. READ MORE

  6. 15. Accounting manipulation : analyzing corporate subsidy recipients during the covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Henric Mörch; Hampus Hällgren; [2022]
    Keywords : accounting manipulation; fraud; earnings management; Benford’s Law; the Jones Model;

    Abstract : In response to the reported increase in accounting crime and suspected fraud in conjunction with the adjustment subsidies initialized during the covid-19 pandemic of 2020, we conducted a study examining accounting manipulation. Based on an explanatory theory for fraud, the Fraud Triangle, we theorize that the financial circumstances that companies experienced during the pandemic and the government subsidies created an environment where accounting manipulation could occur. READ MORE