Essays about: "Reform Index"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Reform Index.

  1. 1. Climate Resilient Development and Disasters : Trend analysis of policy change after milestone events in the period 2000 - 2020

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hannes Grünfeld; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate resilient development; disaster-reform hypothesis; milestone events; effect lag; trend analysis;

    Abstract : There is a debate within the field of policy studies whether disasters are drivers of policy reforms, as encapsulated by the disaster-reform hypothesis. Since the disaster rate for extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity due to climate change, it is of high relevance to study if these disasters have any effect on climate polices. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reforms, Risk and Arbitrage: The Impact of G20 Post-Crisis Reform Implementation on Systemic Risk and Arbitrage in Banking and Insurance

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Patricia Vernholmen; [2022]
    Keywords : Financial Regulation; Systemic Risk; Reform Index; Arbitrage; GFC;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the effect of the implementation progress of the G20 post-crisis reform on systemic risk and bank foreign claims. First, indices measuring jurisdiction-level implementation progress of the reform and its different areas are constructed, and subsequently, SRISK, a common measure of systemic risk is regressed on these indices and other regulatory variables in a fixed effects regression. READ MORE

  4. 3. A study on the Determinants of FDI Inflows to China

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Xin Jiang; [2022]
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    Abstract : Since the Chinese government proposed the "reform and opening-up policy" in 1979, China has achieved remarkable economic development. Foreign direct investment (FDI) has played an important role in stimulating economic development and alleviating capital shortages. This thesis explores FDI by choosing China as its destination country. READ MORE

  5. 4. Climate related hazards and changes in adaptive capacity

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Wedholm; [2021]
    Keywords : adaptation; adaptive capacity; change;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore whether and how the frequency and severity of climate-related hazards are associated with changes in adaptive capacity. Despite increased hazard frequency and severity in the world, it is still contested whether hazard frequency and severity are associated with changes in adaptive capacity, often referred to as the preconditions necessary to enable adaptation. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Popular Response to the Ageing Crisis: A Time-Series Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Effects of Demographic Ageing on Individuals’ Support for Welfare State Policy in 13 Advanced Democracies (1996-2016)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Oskar Pettersson; [2020]
    Keywords : demographic ageing; dependency ratio; welfare state attitudes; spending preferences; social investment; TSCS; pseudo-panel; cross-level interaction; intergenerational cleavages;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the relationship between demographic ageing, as captured by temporal, within-country variation in the ratio of elderly to the working-age population – the dependency ratio – on citizens’ support for the welfare state. The research problem is vitally relevant considering the worsening demographic structure of advanced democracies, a process that is having considerable ramifications on the possibilities of financing comprehensive welfare states. READ MORE