Essays about: "War finance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words War finance.

1. 1. (Swift) sanctions and the rise of parallel payment systems: A qualitative study of financial infrastructure and power dynamics in times of FinTech

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Jacqueline Klehr; [2023-10-05]
   Keywords : Financial infrastructure; economic sanctions; Swift; payment systems; ; cross border payments; financial network;

   Abstract : In 2022, the West imposed sanctions of unprecedented scale on Russia following the war in Ukraine, including severing Moscow from the main global financial message provider, Swift, with the objective to harm the ability of Russian banks to operate globally. As the global financial system is centralised, being severed from Swift significantly complicates the process of conducting cross border payments. READ MORE

3. 2. The Battle of Trafalgar and its impact on the economic policies of France and Great Britain during the Napoleonic wars

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Carl Fredrik Gärtner; [2023]
   Keywords : Economic history; Economic warfare; War finance; Mercantilism; Napoleonic wars; Battle of Trafalgar; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The Napoleonic wars have been extensively analyzed, revealing their significant economic aspects. This thesis adopts an economic history perspective to explore the Battle of Trafalgar’s impact on the economic policies of France and Great Britain. READ MORE

4. 3. The Reconceptualized War : A critical analysis of the new war theory through a case study of the Yemen War

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

   Author : Victor Malmgren; [2021]
   Keywords : Yemen; War; New War; New War Theory; Kaldor; Mary Kaldor; Iraq; Globalization; Saudi Arabia; Bosnia; Yugoslavia; Jemen; Krig; Nya Krig; Kaldor; Mary Kaldor; Irak; Globalisering; Saudi Arabien; Bosnien; Jugoslavien;

   Abstract : The much-debated new war theory suggest that a new type of organized violence has developed during the last decades of the twentieth century. These new wars occur during an era of globalization and differ from old wars concerning four factors: the goals, the actors, the finance, and the methods. READ MORE

5. 4. Does the U.S.-China trade war impact the Swedish stock market? : An event study of the impact on the Swedish stock market and which sectors that are the most affected by the trade war

   University essay from

   Author : Sebastian Gappel; Marcus Erlandsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Event Study; Trade War; Abnormal Return; Stock Market; Finance; Market Model;

   Abstract : There is an ongoing trade war between the two largest economies in the world. Since the trade war is still ongoing, few studies have been done to investigate how it affects the global economy. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the trade war’s effect on the Swedish stock market between the 2nd of March 2018 when U.S. READ MORE

6. 5. Freedom from Liability : A study of rebel financing through natural resources and its impact on sexual violence against civilians

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Herman Wieselgren; [2018]
   Keywords : civilian victimisation; armed conflict; sexual violence; natural resources; accountability;

   Abstract : The scholarly field on rebel use of sexual violence in armed conflict is divided. While some scholars argue that it principally occurs as a conscious strategy, a weapon of war, others argue that it is primarily a consequence of asymmetrical gender power relations. READ MORE