Essays about: "U-Shaped development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words U-Shaped development.

  1. 1. A European Material Kuznets Curve

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Pyry Järvinen; Emil Fernström; [2023]
    Keywords : Material Kuznets Curve; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Economic Growth; Economics Development; Material Footprint; Emissions; Sustainable Growth; Decoupling; Europe;

    Abstract : This bachelor thesis investigates the correlation between 28 European countries’material footprints (MF), as proxied by their Raw Material Consumption (RMC)per capita, and the environmental impact indicated by their carbon dioxide (CO2)emissions per capita, respectively, with their economic development, measured bytheir purchase power parity adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) per capita,during the period of 2008 to 2019. Specifically, through the theoretical frameworkof the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) and by utilizing Fixed EffectsOrdinary Least Squares regression models as well as Pooled Mean Groupestimation, the thesis asks whether or not evidence can be found for the possibleexistence of an EKC, an inverted-U shaped relationship between environmentaldegradation and economic development, within this European context. READ MORE

  3. 2. Competition & R&D Subsidies: New Perspectives on the Public-Private Nexus

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jacob Sjöberg; Carl Nordahl; [2021]
    Keywords : Research and Development; Subsidies; Policy Evaluation; Competition; Generalized Methods of Moments Estimator;

    Abstract : Using a dynamic panel model, this paper empirically examines the effect of public R&D subsides on privately funded R&D in a new light. By synthesizing the theories on public R&D support with those on the relationship between R&D and market structure, we explore to what extent R&D expenditures may depend on public funding in a non-linear, concave fashion with respect to product market competition. READ MORE

  4. 3. Analysis of the English language produced by a Swedish 4-year-old child in the light of the innatist perspective : A case study

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Ida Wistrand; [2021]
    Keywords : Bilingualism; Second Language Acquisition; Child Second Language Acquisition; First Language Acquisition; Language development; Innatism; U-shaped learning; Overgeneralization.;

    Abstract : This is a case study that focuses on the oral proficiency in English manifested by the 4-year-old sonof the author. He speaks Swedish as his L1 like his both parents but has been exposed to Englishsince he was one year old from using a tablet. READ MORE

  5. 4. Developing a line balancing tool for reconfigurable manufacturing systems : A tool to support investment decisions

    University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Produktionsutveckling

    Author : Mohamed Elnourani Abdelmageed; Filip Skärin; [2021]
    Keywords : Reconfigurable manufacturing systems; Line balancing; Assembly lines; Case study;

    Abstract : Purpose - This thesis aims to developing a decision-making tool which fits in a reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) milieu used to identify whether to introduce and produce a new product into an already existing assembly line or to invest in a new assembly line. To fulfil the purpose, four research questions were developed. READ MORE

  6. 5. The social fragility of financial development. A regional panel analysis of the financial development and inequality nexus on prior middle-income countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Meisara-Salem Azzab; [2021]
    Keywords : financial liberalisation; financial deepening; income inequality; dynamic panel data model; U-shaped relationship; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the impact of financial development as a bi-dimensional concept on inequality in a regional comparison of Asian as well as Latin American countries. The policy has previously been explicitly proposed for middle-income economies to boost growth and overall prosperity. READ MORE