Essays about: "Collier"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word Collier.
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1. Economic Recovery - Solidifying Peace? Quantifying the intersection of UN Peacekeeping Exit Points, Economic Recovery, and Conflict Recurrence
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : According to the UCDP database, roughly 60% of all armed conflicts between 1944 and 2016 have recurred, an issue which has become increasingly incorporated into the framework of United Nations peacekeeping operations. Economist Paul Collier has theorized upon the importance of economic recovery for building sustainable peace, proposing that economic recovery should be the true exit point of UN peacekeepers. READ MORE
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2. Countdown to Extinction : A comparative case study of ethnically motivated and climate change-induced communal conflict in Nigeria and Bangladesh
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Seven years ago, Wegenast and Basedau (2014) refurbished the greed and grievance theory made famous by Collier and Hoeffler, and championed an argument that ethnic fractionalization combined with an abundance of natural resources could especially spur internal conflict in a society. Their theory is the inspiration for this thesis which theorizes that climate change-induced decrease of, and subsequent competition for, natural resources and arable land will risk escalating to communal conflict, which is an underrepresented form of plausible conflict in climate change-triggered settings. READ MORE
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3. Chromatic Function Analysis. An instrument for function analysis, improvisation and composition
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musikAbstract : The purpose of this investigation was to create a chromatic function analysis which can help to guide and give other viewpoints to harmonic relations and to be an instrument for supporting me in my artistic process of improvisation and composition. The new model is based mostly on Riemann analysis but I have in addition incorporated different theorists, Söderholm, Ingelf, Levy and Jersild, adaptations of Riemann analysis. READ MORE
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4. The Aid Trap - A theory developing study of foreign aid in post-conflictual Cambodia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The purpose of this theory developing study is to develop Paul Collier’s (2007) theory of development traps by considering the possibility of adding a fifth trap, the aid trap. This will be conducted through in depth analyses of the impact of foreign aid in post-conflictual Cambodia. READ MORE
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5. Equity Research Analyst Bias in Stock Recommendations
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : We acknowledge the lack of empirical studies of equity research analysts' ability to generate abnormal returns on the Swedish stock market and the global absence of studies measuring performance throughout complete recommendation periods. A unique sample of 705 equity research analyst recommendations from 2004 to 2013 from leading Swedish investment banks ABG Sundal Collier, Carnegie, Nordea and SEB on the OMXS30 constituent stocks are studied in order to investigate whether analysts have better long-run predictive abilities in their sell relative to their buy recommendations. READ MORE
