This master‘s thesis deals with impacts on prices of sites which are meant by planning for residential housing in the landscape park Moravian Karst. In the research section of the thesis, there are defined fundamental concepts that concern themselves with the given issues and there are portrayed impacts on prices of sites according to the accessible literature. In the analytical section of the thesis, there is conducted an analysis of the real estate market of the given segment. Furthermore, there are examined and statistically evaluated impacts on prices of sites based on a multiple linear regression modelled in a statistical tool gretl. Impacts are evaluated both within a scope of the whole area and within particular municipalities. In the discussion section of the thesis, the manifested questions are answered, the stated hypotheses are tested and the obtained results are compared to the findings that were described in the research section.

Intresset för hållbarhetsfrågor har ökat och sociala hållbarhetsaspekter får allt större betydelse. Organisationer redovisar en nollvision avseende arbetsplatsolyckor och Sveriges arbetsmarknadsminister uppger att detta är prioriterat hos regeringen. Samtidigt som organisationer redogör för vikten av säkerhetsarbete i hållbarhetsrapporter har antalet dödsolyckor ökat istället för att minska. Hållbarhetsprocesser saknar prissättning och går inte att kostnadsföra i dagsläget. Examensarbetet syftar till att skapa en förståelse för om processer som inte går att prissätta kan styras samt en förståelse till varför säkerhetsutfall avviker från organisationers målsättningar. Den teoretiska referensramen belyser vikten av säkerhetsarbete samt objektifieringens betydelse för styrningens möjligheter till beteendeförändring. Vidare lade den teoretiska referensramen grunden till examensarbetets teorimodell samt utformning av intervjuguide. För att besvara examensarbetets syfte har en kvalitativ studie utförts genom intervjuer med organisationer inom gruv-, stål- och byggindustrin i Norrbotten. Vidare har innehållsanalyser med avseende på social hållbarhet, säkerhet och hälsa gjorts på respektive organisations hållbarhetsrapporter. För att få organisationers och arbetstagares perspektiv utfördes intervjuer med både tjänstemän och fackliga representanter. Empiriinsamlingen bidrog med kunskap om bakomliggande orsaksfaktorer samt visade på styrningsproblematik, vilket lade grunden för examensarbetets analys och resultatdiskussion. Analysen antyder att det är svårt att styra processer som inte har ett pris eller går att kostnadsföra, vilket medför att det finns en styrningsproblematik. Styrningsproblematiken grundar sig även i att det finns en diskrepans i uppfattning om säkerhet, medvetenhet och kommunikation mellan tjänstemän och arbetstagare. / The interest in sustainability issues has increased and aspects of social sustainability are gaining importance. Organizations report a zero-vision regarding occupational accidents and the Ministry of Employment in Sweden states that it is highly prioritized within the government. While organizations report on the importance of safety work in sustainability reports, the fatal accidents have increased instead of decreased. There is a lack of price setting methods for sustainability processes, which results in the inability for these to be expensed. The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of whether processes can be controlled if they lack pricing methods and obtain an explanation to why safety outcomes deviate from the goals and objectives. The theoretical framework highlights the importance of safety work and objectification for the control’s possibilities for behavioral change. It also laid the foundation for the theory model and the design of the interview guide. To answer the study’s purpose, a qualitative study has been conducted through interviews with organizations in the mining, steel and construction industry in Norrbotten. Furthermore, content analysis regarding social sustainability and safety and health have been made of the organizations' sustainability reports. To gain the organizations' and employees' perspectives interviews were conducted with both officials and union representatives. The empirical result contributed with knowledge of the causal factors, as well as indicated control issues. This laid the foundation for the analysis and results discussion. The analysis suggests that it is difficult to control processes that do not have a price or can be expensed, which means that there is a management and control problem. The management and control problem is also based on the fact that there is a discrepancy in the perception of safety, awareness and communication between officials and employees.

Submitted by André Mazini (andrecmazini@gmail.com) on 2012-04-11T14:47:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertação FGV-EESP -André Mazini-.pdf: 775030 bytes, checksum: 1fb36bcd27c98537439e2bb8cfeb74cb (MD5) / Rejected by Gisele Isaura Hannickel (gisele.hannickel@fgv.br), reason: Prezado André, O título que consta na ata está diferente do trabalho postado e não consta nenhuma observação do seu orientador no verso da mesma. Título da Ata: "Um novo teste Empírico para modelos teóricos de precificação". Se houve alguma sugestão da banca para esta alteração, seu orientador deverá enviar um e-mail para a Secretaria, a príncipio, para que possamos aprovar o arquivo postado e deverá incluir esta informação e assinar no verso da ata. Caso isto ocorra você deverá efetuar uma nova postagem do arquivo. Att, Secretaria de Registro on 2012-04-11T15:04:05Z (GMT) / Submitted by André Mazini (andrecmazini@gmail.com) on 2012-04-11T17:38:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertação FGV-EESP -André Mazini-.pdf: 775019 bytes, checksum: 5d3e0617b3f1cee5ce4ceeb549021f8b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Gisele Isaura Hannickel (gisele.hannickel@fgv.br) on 2012-04-11T17:48:47Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertação FGV-EESP -André Mazini-.pdf: 775019 bytes, checksum: 5d3e0617b3f1cee5ce4ceeb549021f8b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-04-11T17:50:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertação FGV-EESP -André Mazini-.pdf: 775019 bytes, checksum: 5d3e0617b3f1cee5ce4ceeb549021f8b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-07 / This paper proposes a new test to distinguish between macroeconomic price-setting models. We show that the usual conclusions of negative correlation between current inflation and duration of a price, an indication of state-dependency, do not survive the control for inflation expectations. When we do that, the negative correlation is between expected inflation and the duration of a price, indicating endogenous-time-dependency. We argue that the previous results were possibly suffering from omitted variable bias. / Este artigo propõe um novo teste para distinção entre modelos macroeconômicos de precificação. Onde testes antigos concluíram haver uma relação negativa entre inflação corrente e duração de um preço, indicando estado-dependência, nosso teste indica que a relação verdadeira é entre inflação esperada e duração do preço, indicando tempo-dependência-endógena. Argumentamos que os resultados previamente encontrados possivelmente sofreram de viés de variável omitida.

Submitted by Daniella Santos (daniella.santos@fgv.br) on 2010-03-11T18:47:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_RebeccaBarros.pdf: 610540 bytes, checksum: 37ed3a5877339beeabc0c9ada82d9de9 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Andrea Virginio Machado(andrea.machado@fgv.br) on 2010-03-12T13:28:20Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_RebeccaBarros.pdf: 610540 bytes, checksum: 37ed3a5877339beeabc0c9ada82d9de9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2010-03-12T19:11:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_RebeccaBarros.pdf: 610540 bytes, checksum: 37ed3a5877339beeabc0c9ada82d9de9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-14 / This thesis investigates price-setting in a variable macroeconomic environment using a unique data set from the Brazilian CPI index of Fundação Getulio Vargas. The primary data consist of a panel of individual prices for goods and services covering 100% of the CPI for the 1996-2008 period. During this period a number of important events produced substantial macroeconomic variability in Brazil: two emerging market crises, a change of exchange rate and monetary regimes, blackouts and energy rationing, an election crisis, and a regular disinflation. As a consequence, inflation, macroeconomic uncertainty, exchange rates, and output exhibit important variation in the sample. In the first chapter we describe the data-base and present the main price-setting statistics for Brazil. Then, in the second and third chapters, we construct time series of price-setting statistics and temporary sales and relate them to macroeconomic variables using regression analyses. We find that there is a substantial relationship between price setting statistics and the macroeconomic environment for the Brazilian Economy. / Esta tese investiga as estratégias de precificação em ambientes macroeconômicos distintos, utilizando uma base de dados única para o IPC da Fundação Getulio Vargas. A base de dados primária consiste em um painel de dados individuais para bens e serviços representando 100% do IPC para o período de 1996 a 2008. Durante este período, diversos eventos produziram uma variabilidade macroeconômica substancial no Brasil: duas crises em países emergentes, uma mudança de regime cambial e monetário, racionamento de energia, uma crise de expectativas eleitorais e um processo de desinflação. Como consequência, a inflação, a incerteza macroeconômica, a taxa de câmbio e o produto exibiram uma variação considerável no período. No primeiro capítulo, nós descrevemos a base de dados e apresentamos as principais estatísticas de price-setting para o Brasil. Em seguida, nos capítulos 2 e 3, nos construímos as séries de tempo destas estatísticas e das estatísticas de promoções, e as relacionamos com as variáveis macroeconômicas utilizando análises de regressões. Os resultados indicam que há uma relação substancial entre as estatísticas de price-setting e o ambiente macroeconômico para a economia brasileira.

Residential building, sales comparison approach, market valuation, specific location, arm’s length price, market value

This study combines linguistic and economic points of view to deliver insights into two national translation services markets. Translation services form a relatively large market and provide quite a high number of jobs globally. In this industry, which is largely unregulated by government bodies, translation agencies have the potential to act as quality warrantors by applying elaborate quality-assurance procedures and requiring their freelance translators to possess certain qualifications. A controversial yet widely mentioned qualification is being a native speaker of a specific language. Drawing on a critique of the conventional "native speaker" concept and on insights from economics, Language Management Theory, and critical discourse analysis, this study investigates how the native-speaker status, along with other translator qualifications, is used as an argument for higher quality and a higher price in marketing and price-setting strategies of translation agencies in the Czech Republic and Germany when it comes to a technical translation into a non-local language. The research makes use of the market-research technique called "mystery shopping" and is designed as a combination of experimental and observational qualitative research methods. The four distinct stages, which correspond with...

Submitted by Vivian Malta Nunes (vivianmalta@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-12-18T16:26:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Vivian_Final.pdf: 1556413 bytes, checksum: d21c4cfb4b686d356131b508247b2cc4 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by ÁUREA CORRÊA DA FONSECA CORRÊA DA FONSECA (aurea.fonseca@fgv.br) on 2014-01-28T17:57:42Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Vivian_Final.pdf: 1556413 bytes, checksum: d21c4cfb4b686d356131b508247b2cc4 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marcia Bacha (marcia.bacha@fgv.br) on 2014-02-03T16:12:27Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Vivian_Final.pdf: 1556413 bytes, checksum: d21c4cfb4b686d356131b508247b2cc4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-02-03T16:12:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Vivian_Final.pdf: 1556413 bytes, checksum: d21c4cfb4b686d356131b508247b2cc4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-18 / This thesis studies price-setting models and analyzes their macroeconomic im- plications. In the rst two chapters I study general models in which rms pricing decisions are a¤ected by menu costs and information costs. In Chapter 1 I estimate these models using American data on price changes, concluding that: information costs are signi cantly higher than menu costs; real data does not t into the model in which rms receive information about aggregate conditions freely but pay for idio- syncratic information. In Chapter 2 I explore the consequences of monetary shocks and disin ation announcements using the previously estimated models. I show that the degree of monetary non-neutrality is larger in an economy where part of the infor- mation is given for free. Chapter 3 is a coauthored paper with Carlos Carvalho and Antonella Tutino. We abstract from menu costs and examine a price-setting model in which rms are subject to a Shannon constraint on information ow. We calibrate the model and investigate impulse response functions to aggregate and idiosyncratic shocks. We nd that, rather than tracking aggregate and idiosyncratic conditions independently, rms prefer to process information altogether, and that leads to a faster overall price level adjustment, and thus to less real e¤ects persistence after a monetary shock. / Esta tese se dedica ao estudo de modelos de fixação de preços e suas implicações macroeconômicas. Nos primeiros dois capítulos analiso modelos em que as decisões das firmas sobre seus preços praticados levam em conta custos de menu e de informação. No Capítulo 1 eu estimo tais modelos empregando estatísticas de variações de preços dos Estados Unidos, e concluo que: os custos de informação são significativamente maiores que os custos de menu; os dados claramente favorecem o modelo em que informações sobre condições agregadas são custosas enquanto que as idiossincráticas têm custo zero. No Capítulo 2 investigo as consequências de choques monetários e anúncios de desinflação usando os modelos previamente estimados. Mostro que o grau de não-neutralidade monetária é maior no modelo em que parte da informação é grátis. O Capítulo 3 é um artigo em conjunto com Carlos Carvalho (PUC-Rio) e Antonella Tutino (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas). No artigo examinamos um modelo de fixação de preços em que firmas estão sujeitas a uma restrição de fluxo de informação do tipo Shannon. Calibramos o modelo e estudamos funções impulso-resposta a choques idiossincráticos e agregados. Mostramos que as firmas vão preferir processar informações agregadas e idiossincráticas conjuntamente ao invés de investigá-las separadamente. Este tipo de processamento gera ajustes de preços mais frequentes, diminuindo a persistência de efeitos reais causados por choques monetários.