Essays about: "Open Government Data"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 77 essays containing the words Open Government Data.
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6. The Use of Open Government Data in Swedish Municipalities : In Relation to Creating Environmental Values
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)Abstract : Background: In recent years, more and more municipalities have started to publish more and more Open Government Data (OGD) and, in relation to this, the number of users of this data has also increased. But while the publication and use of data has increased, there is still a lack of understanding of who uses the data and for what purpose. READ MORE
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7. "The Open Veins Remain Open": GM Soy Cultivation, Socio-Environmental Struggle and the Political Economy of Contemporary Peronist Development in Argentina
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Argentina is a pioneer in practicing export-oriented extractivism as a model of socio-economic development. A prevalent extractive project is genetically modified (GM) soy, which was adopted under neoliberal governance in the 1990s and has had a variety of socio-environmental consequences in the country. READ MORE
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8. Better Off at Home?: A Quantitative Study on How Teleworking Affected Forecasting Accuracy during Covid-19
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : Using I/B/E/S data on equity analyst forecasts and data on Covid-19 restrictions from Our World in Data, this paper examines the effect of teleworking on the forecasting accuracy of equity analysts, letting government-induced lockdowns act as an indicator of teleworking. Results indicate that teleworking has had a negative impact on forecasting accuracy on a general level. READ MORE
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9. Macroeconomic Determinants of Sovereign Credit Risk
University essay fromAbstract : This report analyzes the macroeconomic determinants of sovereign bond yields in three different economies: the US, a large open economy and a benchmark in the financial markets, Sweden, a small open economy that has successfully dealt with financial crisis, and Italy, a large open economy with a history of financial distress. Cointegration techniques of the VECM and the ARDL model were used to derive the short-run and the long-run determinants of sovereign bond yields. READ MORE
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10. The Nigerian Alternative Online Media and Political Misinformation: News producers’ perspective on the defining characteristics, tensions and mitigation strategies
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medierAbstract : This thesis investigates the characteristics of the Nigerian alternative online media as an effective tool for political discourse with the intent to influence governance despite claims that the form of media is awash with political misinformation - which is mostly termed “fake news” in the local parlance. This thesis takes an Afrikology stance in defining the role of the Nigerian alternative online media as a digital public sphere placing the people’s lived and cultural experiences at the centre of the discourse from the content producer’s perspective. READ MORE
