Essays about: "MACRO"

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  1. 1. Does industry survey data improve GDP forecasting?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Oscar Andersson; Ludvig Fornstedt; [2024-03-06]
    Keywords : Bayesian; BVAR; Forecasting; GDP; survey data;

    Abstract : This study assesses the integration of industry survey data into Bayesian Vector Auto Regressive (BVAR) models for GDP forecasting in Sweden. Analyzing a combination of macro economic indicators, CPI and unemployment rates, with survey data from NIER, it explores the effects of different variable combinations on the forecasting ability of different models. READ MORE

  3. 2. Class and Nonideal Social Ontology : Social Power, Hegemony, and the War of Positions

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Gustav Hedlund; [2024]
    Keywords : class; nonideal; social; ontology; Marx; Gramsci; Burman; economic; institution; structure; Haslanger;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to elaborate the analysis of economic class within Burman’s  ontological framework. To alleviate some shortcomings of Burman’s framework, I will make  use of concepts presented by Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci. READ MORE

  4. 3. DEMOCRACIES WITHOUT DEMOCRATS A quantitative study of citizens’ preferences for autocratic regimes

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Petronella Ruben Hydén; [2023-12-06]
    Keywords : Autocratization; Autocracy; Outsider; Insider; Attitudes;

    Abstract : What decides whether a person prefers democracy or autocracy? Can the preference be narrowed down to one single influencing factor, or is it instead a combination of several phenomena that determines it? In order to understand the shifts in autocratic tendencies globally from a macro perspective, it is crucial to study the micro perspective behind it: individuals. This essay builds on previous research regarding citizens’ preference for different regime types to map out further why some people prefer autocracy over democracy. READ MORE

  5. 4. Exploring foreign language teachers’ professional agency in Romanian Public Secondary schools.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Camelia Dragomir; [2023-10-31]
    Keywords : teacher agency; ecological theory; foreign language teaching; accountability; professional development;

    Abstract : Aim: This research aims to explore how seven foreign language teachers in a few urban public secondary schools in Romania understand and enact their professional agency and how contextual factors support or constrain its achievement. The purpose is to understand the ways in which the participants’ teaching philosophies and experiences inform their awareness and achievement of agency, what they perceive as the available contextual resources within contextual constraints, and how that reflects in their beliefs and professional aspirations. READ MORE

  6. 5. DEMOCRACY FOR ALL? A Quantitative Study on How Power-sharing Affects Approval of Non-Democratic Governance in African Post-Conflict Societies

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Viktor Johannes Päts; [2023-10-30]
    Keywords : Intrastate conflict; post-conflict power-sharing; Afrobarometer; non-democratic governance; grievances;

    Abstract : Since the Cold War, intrastate conflicts have become more common, and more conflict settlements call for power-sharing. Despite power-sharing being so common as a means of ending civil conflict, academic research indicates that power-sharing could be harmful to democratization. READ MORE