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1. EUROSCEPTICISM UNVEILED A Comparative Analysis of Pre-Brexit and Post-Brexit Dynamics in the UK
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Numerous factors have been identified as to why a small majority voted in favour of Brexit in June 2016. Since then, it has been argued that the opinion on EU membership has changed amongst some of the public in the United Kingdom and if a referendum were to occur in present days, there would rather be a majority in favour of rejoining the EU. READ MORE
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2. Temperature Shocks and Price Stability
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis investigates the interplay between temperatures and prices in an advanced economy context. To this end, I estimate the impulse response to a 1°C temperature anomaly on the UK economy. READ MORE
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3. The suffocating enjoyment of the Other: An ideology critique of enjoyment in the mediatisation of the climate crisis
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : This thesis explores how the Lacanian concept of ‘the enjoyment of the Other’ (la jouissance de l’Autre) can be applied to break open normative understandings of the political factors shaping the climate crisis deadlock. The principal aim is to investigate how ostensibly disconnected environmental debates may be regarded as linked by an economy of enjoyment, more precisely by the promise of enjoyment by which the subject is libidinally attached to an ideology. READ MORE
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4. The Effect of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Swedish Exports during the 2008 Financial Crisis
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The thesis aims to answer the research question: To what extent was the increased Economic Policy Uncertainty during the Financial Crisis associated with the decline in Swedish exports from January 2007 to January 2010? During the 2008 Financial Crisis, Swedish trade fell by ten percentage points, slightly more than the world average. The thesis aims to investigate whether the increased EPU at the time affected the decreased exports. READ MORE
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5. A Study of the Impacts of Brexit on Cross-border Trade Between the UK regions and Ireland
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : From the Brexit Referendum in 2016, up until the Brexit transition period in 2020 and onwards, the regions of the United Kingdom underwent several renegotiations within trade agreements associated with the Brexit process and the consequent withdrawal from the European Union. This caused increasing levels of economic policy uncertainty within the United Kingdom, which accordingly acted as a spillover effect on the economy of the Republic of Ireland, similarly increasing its economic policy uncertainty levels. READ MORE
