Essays about: "Oskar Ericson"

Found 1 essay containing the words Oskar Ericson.

  1. 1. Corruption of the Press - A Cross Country Panel Data Study of Corruption, Press Freedom and the Perceptions of Press Freedom

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Oskar Ericson; [2017]
    Keywords : Corruption; Press Freedom; Perceived Press Freedom; Media Concentration; Crony Capitalism; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this paper I investigate the relation between corruption and press freedom, perceived press freedom and the difference between press freedom and perceived press freedom as well as the causality of corruption on press freedom. My hypothesis is that corruption has a negative effect on both press freedom and perceived press freedom but that a higher level of corruption tends to make people believe the press is freer than it actually is. READ MORE