This thesis consists of three self-contained chapters. Each chapter casts light on different aspects of the challenges that national health authorities face in providing universal health care coverage under resource constraints and under the continual introduction of new knowledge and new...

The PhD dissertation consists of three self-contained parts that deal with representing technology in environmental economic models. All three parts offer ways for improving economic models by leveraging knowledge on technologies collected by other academic disciplines. The first two parts...

The dissertation consists of three self-contained chapters on topics within macroeconomics. All chapters share an orientation towards empirical analysis of macroeconomic questions. New methods for empirical analysis are presented in the first and third chapter. The method presented in the first...

Financial Markets have undoubtedly played a crucial role in the economic development and technological growth the world has experienced over the last century. The availability of liquid markets greatly facilitates the opportunities of raising capital and risk sharing, allowing the financing of...