Essays about: "beyond GDP growth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words beyond GDP growth.

1. 1. Exploring the Influence of Firm Size on Leverage Evidence from OMX Stockholm Small Cap

   University essay from

   Author : Albin Claesson; Jonathan Hernandez; [2023-07-06]
   Keywords : Firm size; Capital Structure; Leverage; Constraints; Crisis;

   Abstract : This study examines the relationship between leverage and firm size for a sample of 83 firms listed on OMX Stockholm Small Cap between 2018 and 2022. Additionally, it explores the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on this relationship through quarters experiencing negative GDP growth. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

4. 3. Glimpses of sustainability : four short stories to expand perceptions of the future

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Nina Iglesias Söderström; [2023]
   Keywords : sustainable futures; storytelling; worldviews; well-being; indigenous knowledge; landscape architecture; scenarios; beyond GDP growth; envisioning; societal change;

   Abstract : Drawing inspiration from the Futures Beyond GDP Growth report, this thesis transforms visions of sustainable futures into tangible narratives, delving deep into the potentialities of everyday lives in such realities. Through creative writing and AI-generated visuals, four distinct scenarios are brought to life, offering glimpses into worlds shaped by profound systemic shifts and alternative worldviews. READ MORE

5. 4. Life in the Chthulucene

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Cristoph Leithner; [2022]
   Keywords : futures beyond GDP growth; collaborative economy;

   Abstract : Cutting down carbon dioxide emissions produced by our current way of life will not be enough to stop climate change. By aligning myself with the Collaborative economy scenario of a Sweden in 2050 produced by The Beyond GDP-growth program i have tried to understand how we could live in another (economical) paradigm. READ MORE

6. 5. Beyond the Turning Point: The Environmental Kuznets Curve for CO2 Emissions in Romania

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Mara Balasa; [2022]
   Keywords : environmental Kuznets curve; autoregressive distributed lag; Granger causality; Romania;

   Abstract : This thesis studies the long-run relationship between environmental degradation measured by carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita and economic growth measured by gross domestic product per capita in Romania, between 1968 and 2018. The study is conducted using the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) framework and the autoregressive distributed lag bounds test for cointegration. READ MORE