Essays about: "International Contagion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words International Contagion.

  1. 1. Defying the odds : What protects a country against conflict contagion?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Amanda Dahlstedt Berggren; [2023]
    Keywords : conflict contagion; mali; niger; tuaregs; conflict spillover; international dimensions of civil war; conflict onset; armed conflict; contagion; ethnopolitical inclusion; ethnopolitical; ethnopolitical exclusion; reasons; resources; resolve;

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  3. 2. Contagion, Contention, and Content: Political Mobilization on Telegram in the 2020 Belarusian post-Election Protests

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Vide Wassberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Telegram; Belarus; Protest; Participation; Mobilization; Connective Action; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study aims to scrutinize the role of the social media application Telegram as a protest mobilizing structure during the 2020 post-election uprising in Minsk, Belarus. The purpose is to strengthen the understanding on how protest mobilizations online relate to offline protest participation in authoritarian states, and how the usage of social media in social movements impact, and is influenced by, its authoritarian context. READ MORE

  4. 3. Globalization in emerging markets : A study of how financial globalization can affect emerging markets by viewing correlation in index return.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)

    Author : Nimco Jama Elmi; Beatrice Karlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Financial globalization; Emerging markets; Financial contagion; Index markets; Pearson correlation; Beggar thy neighbor; Loco motive; International trade;

    Abstract : This study investigates whether financial globalization influences emerging markets by examining the correlation between a global market in relation to emerging markets. By constructing yearly correlation coefficients through collecting daily return from index markets, financial contagion can be detected. READ MORE

  5. 4. Lockdown Effects on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic – The Evidence from Norway

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Chen; Ruoshui He; [2021]
    Keywords : Pandemic; COVID-19 cases; lockdown; difference-in-differences; Scandinavia; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China and has become a public health emergency of international concern. Several countries have issued comprehensive social distancing policies responses to the pandemic. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sovereign Default, Risk-Averse Investors and the World Interest Rate

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Martina Dosser; [2021]
    Keywords : Sovereign Default; International Lending; Government Bonds; International Contagion; Risk Premia;

    Abstract : Empirical evidence suggests that global factors, such as the world interest rate and the degree of risk-aversion of international investors, are key drivers of sovereign spreads in emerging economies. Building on this evidence, this paper extends a model of strategic sovereign default to account for both a time-varying world interest rate and risk-averse international investors, in order to study the impact of these factors on sovereign debt prices and default incentives. READ MORE