Essays about: "Cartels"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the word Cartels.

  1. 1. Drug cartels, American corporations and other things that lurk in the dark: A discourse analysis of Mexican foreign policy and the intersection between security and identity

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Alva Lundqvist; [2022-08-24]
    Keywords : Mexico; security; identity; foreign policy; discourses of danger; de-securitization; global studies; international relations;

    Abstract : Investigating recent events in Mexican security policy from a poststructuralist perspective, this study highlights the role of identity in both security and foreign policies. These developments in International Relations (IR) and security studies have proven that sometimes the traditional perspective on these types of questions is insufficient and that an alternative perspective can be proven useful. READ MORE

  3. 2. Copyright and Abuse of Dominant Position in EU - Intersection Between Copyright Law and Abuse of Dominant Position in Situation of Refusal of License

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Rekha Kumari; [2022]
    Keywords : Competition Law; Intellectual Property; Copyright law; Abuse of dominant Position; Intersection between copyright and abuse of dominance; Refusal to licence and Supply; European Case Law; Exceptional circumstance and Essential Facility doctrine.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Where intellectual property such as copyright, patent, industry property and design etc., focuses on the rewards of creative and inventive effort of IP owners and the rightsholders. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Effect of Natural Resource Shocks on Violence, Crime, and Drug Cartels Presence in Mexico

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Miriam Cavazos Hernandez; Balasurya Sivakumar; [2022]
    Keywords : Natural Resources; Conflict; Mexico; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : We examine the effect of natural resource shocks on violence by drug cartels at the municipality level in rural Mexico from 2003 to 2017. For this, we use an Instrumental Variable setup by instrumenting our main explanatory variable vegetation density with rainfall. READ MORE

  5. 4. Catching Cartels

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sebastian Mårtensson; [2021]
    Keywords : structural breaks; cartel; screen; Bai; Perron; Spain; fuel; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis evaluates a new method for detecting cartels based on the idea that cartels create structural breaks in their price generating process. The method is evaluated along certain criteria and is further explored using more detailed data on Spanish retail fuel prices. READ MORE

  6. 5. A forecasting approach to estimating cartel damages : The importance of considering estimation uncertainty

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Didrik Prohorenko; [2020]
    Keywords : Forecasting approach; estimation uncertainty; merger simulation; cartels; t-test; small sample size; damages; counterfactual analysis;

    Abstract : In this study, I consider the performance of simple forecast models frequently applied in counterfactual analysis when the information at hand is limited. Furthermore, I discuss the robustness of the standard t-test commonly used to statistically detect cartels. READ MORE