Sökning: "Two-Stage Least Squares"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 25 uppsatser innehållade orden Two-Stage Least Squares.

  1. 1. The Price of Power: A quantitative study of price elasticity of demand during high electricity prices in Southern Sweden

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Författare :Joel Berg; Lisa Johnsson; [2024-02-12]
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    Sammanfattning : Unprecedentedly high electricity prices became a pressing issue for consumers in 2021-2022, causing political debate and shedding light on the hourly electricity prices. Out of the four Swedish electricity areas created to facilitate an effective electricity market, this thesis will focus on SE3 and SE4 in the South of Sweden, which experienced the highest prices in 2021-2022. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Effect of a Universal Primary Education Reform on Gender Attitudes in Uganda

    C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Författare :Emma Bergman Karlsson; Klara Holmer; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design; Two-Stage Least Squares; Gender Attitudes; Universal Primary Education; Uganda;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines whether greater access to primary school education for girls and a decreased gender gap in primary school education affects gender attitudes, by studying a Universal Primary Education reform in Uganda that eliminated primary school fees. We conduct a Two-Stage Least Squares regression where we use exogenous variation in exposure to the reform as an instrumental variable to estimate the effect of educational attainment on gender attitudes. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Market Performance in the Nordic Electricity Market: An Analysis of Market Power during Energy Market Turbulence

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Simon Persson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This paper analyzes the existence of market power on the Nordic electricity market between 2018-2022, and if the energy market turbulence caused by covid-19, and later deepened following the war in Ukraine affected producers' bidding behavior. Market power was tested using Cournot assumptions to see if producers withheld output strategically when demand was more inelastic. LÄS MER

  5. 4. How does unexpected news about employment affect the exchange rate?

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Otto Aspemo; Joel Grönblad; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Central Bank; Employment Change; Exchange Rate; Interest Rate Differential; Monetary Policy; UncoveredInterest Rate Parity Condition;

    Sammanfattning : The research conducted intends to examine how unexpected changes in employment may affect both exchange rates and interest rates. The results used in the analysis are extracted by running two ordinary least squares regressions with data structured as an unbalanced panel. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Spatial dependence in the regional innovation performance of small- and medium sized enterprises : A spatial econometric approach to identifying the drivers of SME innovation in European NUTS regions

    Master-uppsats, Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Författare :Felix Sebastian Veit Ginzinger; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Geography in Innovation; SME Innovation; Spatial Dependence; Regional Science;

    Sammanfattning : Being a crucial sector in Europe’s economy, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) require involvement in innovative activities to perpetuate their competitiveness. Nevertheless, European-wide funding programs that aim to foster innovation at the regional level have been criticized for not being adequately tailored to SMEs’ innovation patterns and dynamics. LÄS MER