Essays about: "Australia"

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  1. 31. Conceptual Metaphors for Covid-19 : An Analysis of Metaphors for Covid-19 in the Discourse of Political Leaders of the UK, the USA, Canada, and Australia

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Maria Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Covid-19; Pandemic; Metaphors; Political Discourse; Conceptual Metaphor Theory;

    Abstract : Since the emergence of Covid-19 in December 2019, metaphors to talk about the pandemic have been extensively used in political discourse. This study aims to compare metaphors for Covid-19 in the discourse of political leaders of the UK, the USA, Canada, and Australia by drawing upon three conceptual metaphors found by De la Rosa (2007). READ MORE

  3. 32. Decomposing the Consumption Response to Monetary Policy Shocks in Australia

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jessica Geraghty; [2022]
    Keywords : Consumption; Household heterogeneity; Income distribution; Marginal propensity to consume; Monetary policy transmission;

    Abstract : Does monetary policy affect households differently depending on their position on the income distribution? If so, what drives the differences? This paper attempts to answer these questions by decomposing changes in consumption following a monetary policy shock into several direct and indirect channels of transmission. Although direct channels of transmission are the most important in traditional representative agent models, the indirect channels are dominant when households are heterogeneous. READ MORE

  4. 33. MEASURING ECO-EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTION IN OECD MEMBER COUNTRIES : A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Mahmoud Seif Mohammed; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper analyzed the eco-efficiency of 27 OECD member countries by using output-oriented Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) model. In the set-up of the model, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was used as a good output whereas Carbon dioxide (CO2), Sulphur dioxide (SO2) and Nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions were used as bad outputs. READ MORE

  5. 34. Assessing English Proficiency in the Age of Globalization : The Case of IELTS

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Bahman Mehraban; [2022]
    Keywords : Globalization; General Training IELTS; LOCNESS Corpus; Coh-Metrix;

    Abstract : This study investigates the use and relevance of the most widely used test of English proficiency in the era of globalization, i.e. IELTS. It discusses different versions of the test along with their corresponding components. READ MORE

  6. 35. The Nexus of Ontological and Physical Security : A Case Study of the responses of Australia and France to the trilateral security pact of AUKUS

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anna Karstensen-Krstich; [2022]
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    Abstract : AUKUS is a security pact between Australia, the U.K and the U.S that will help Australia build and acquire nuclear-powered submarines and facilitate Australia in becoming a more capable player in the region. The aim of AUKUS is to protect the three members from the complex security challenges in the Indo-Pacific. READ MORE