Essays about: "U-shaped"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 63 essays containing the word U-shaped.

  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. Better Safe Than Sorry. A quantitative study on Psychological Safety, Media Richness, and Trust in Workgroups

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Adam Hofvander; Edwin Hydén Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Psychological Safety; Virtual Teams; Media Richness; Trust; Workgroups;

    Abstract : In the contemporary landscape, virtual work has become an increasingly prevalent phenomenon, persisting even in the post-pandemic era. By virtue of its implications on team performance, psychological safety has become one of the most important concepts in the managerial biosphere; a concept which has further been closely linked to trust. READ MORE

  4. 3. The regional test of relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions : --Evidence from Chinese provinces

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Thoth Mo; Weibin Wang; [2023]
    Keywords : EKC; high-income provinces; low-income provinces; Inverted U-shaped relationship; turning point;

    Abstract : This thesis has investigated the validity of the Environmental Kuznets Curve in the provinces of China which assumes the increase in GDP per capita (income per capita) would generate the raise of CO2 emissions (pollution) until a turning point in which CO2 emissions start decreasing. The study includes 30 provinces over a period spanning from 2000 to 2019 by applying OLS and Fixed-effects regression model with panel data. READ MORE

  5. 4. Acute effects of physical exercise of different intensities on working memory : Masters thesis

    University essay from Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH/Institutionen för fysisk aktivitet och hälsa

    Author : Ludwig Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Single bout of exercise and cognitive working memory performance; Acute physical exercise and cognitive working memory performance; Working memory performance and physical exercise; Cognitive functions and physical exercise; Working memory; Cognitive functions; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Linear relationship; U-shaped curve theory; N-back;

    Abstract : Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate acute effects of physical exercise of different intensities on working memory. Method: Twelve young adults, 20-40 years, 8 males and 4 females passed the screening and participated in a randomized experimental crossover within-subject design study with three experimental conditions. READ MORE

  6. 5. Economic dependence, gender, and the division of invisible household labor: A comparison study between China and Sweden on mental load

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Lingzi Tang; [2023]
    Keywords : Mental Load; Invisible Household Labor; Gender Economics; Economic Dependence;

    Abstract : This study examines the association between economic dependence, gender, and invisible labor in households in China and Sweden. Survey data from 501 Chinese and 223 Swedish respondents were collected online to examine. READ MORE