Essays about: "Regression Discontinuity Design RDD"

Found 4 essays containing the words Regression Discontinuity Design RDD.

  1. 1. Can targeted disclosure regulations facilitate the environmental transition of the shipping sector? : a study on the effect of the EU MRV Regulation on ship emissions

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Moa Lundkvist; [2023]
    Keywords : environmental disclosure regulation; maritime sector; shipping; targeted transparency; MRV regulation; EU; Regression Discontinuity Design RDD ;

    Abstract : This research examines the impact of the EU Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) regulation on ship emissions when calling at EU ports. The main question is whether ships that are required to report their emissions emit less due to the regulation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Violence begets violence? : A quantitative analysis of humanitarian military interventions’ effect on human rights violations between 1981-2011

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Max Kelbel; [2022]
    Keywords : Humanitarian Intervention; Human rights; Human right violations; Regression Discontinuity;

    Abstract : This study explores the effects humanitarian interventions have on the human right status in a country. The theoretical standpoint is based on the notion that a perceived lack of accountability and repercussions for crimes committed will function as motivation for local actors to continue the human right violations, or even increase their efforts. READ MORE

  4. 3. Changes in economic returns to higher education in urban China, 2003–2017

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Minrui Song; [2021]
    Keywords : return to higher eudcation; Mincer function; expansion policy evaluation; Regression Discontinuity Design; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates whether the higher education expansion policy, issued in 1999, China, improved individuals’ schooling and wages. The thesis mainly applies Mincer functions. Empirical results show that higher education policy increased schooling years, but it does not change the economic returns to higher education dramatically. READ MORE

  5. 4. Tick sizes and stock market volatility: A regression discontinuity approach

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Emelie Jonsson; Jesper Welander; [2012]
    Keywords : Tick size; volatility; high-frequency trading; the Stockholm Stock Exchange;

    Abstract : Increasing the tick size has been suggested as a countermeasure to high volatility on stock markets caused by growing high-frequency trading. To identify the potential effects of such an increase, we isolate the effect of the tick size change on volatility through a regression discontinuity design (RDD), utilizing the sharp increase in the tick size at 100 SEK where the tick size changes from 0. READ MORE