Essays about: "Causal Effect"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 255 essays containing the words Causal Effect.
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1. Weaponizing Ambiguity : How do nationalist political attitudes in pre-election periods influence anti-immigrant voting in the MENA region?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : This research paper explores the effect of nationalist attitudes on anti-immigrant voting, focusing on the securitisation of migrants and its influence on anti-immigrant sentiments as a causal mechanism. Previous research indicates a correlation between shock events such as a vast influx of migrants and the perception of competition as precursors to anti-immigrant voting. READ MORE
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2. The Pride and Prejudice of Privacy - How consumers' intentions to share private information are affected by emotions.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Current papers suggest that if emotions have the power to affect consumers’ privacy concerns, consumers are at risk of being exploited by companies and unauthorized users taking advantage of consumers’ emotional stages. Therefore, suggesting that emotions are critical elements in the context of privacy as they construct the divide between disclosing and protecting an individual’s privacy. READ MORE
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3. Corporate governance and financial institutions performance
University essay fromAbstract : The primary aim of this thesis was to examine the relationship between board independence and financial institutions performance, while also examining the moderation effect on the institutional factors of shareholder and creditor rights on the association between board independence and performance. Using 2000 firm year observations across 25 different countries, a panel data regression was conducted to develop understanding of said relationship. READ MORE
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4. Estimating historic ranges of extinct scavenging birds from North America during the late Pleistocene using co-occurrence data from the fossil record
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskapAbstract : The aim of my study was to estimate and compare the historic range of nine scavenging birds from North America that went jointly extinct with their mammalian megafaunal prey in the Late Pleistocene. Although the severity and timing of their co-extinction are strongly correlated, there has been little analytical support in providing estimates for the possible geographic distribution of scavenging birds prior to the extinction event. READ MORE
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5. CO-OPS and UNIONS: allies or rivals? A comparative analysis of union density and co-op employment density.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : While cooperatives and unions are two different approaches to the same problems, and while they are ideological siblings, the relationship between the two organisations is complicated. The benefit of each organisation is well established in the literature and much of the contemporary literature on co-ops is based in advocacy work either by co-op federations or a handful of niche scholars. READ MORE
