Essays about: "border regions"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 61 essays containing the words border regions.
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1. The Dynamics of Air Pollution, Socio-Economic Status and Mortality Rate: Panel Study Evidence from Sweden
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)Abstract : This study investigated the relationship between the mortality rate and air pollution, as well as socioeconomic factors such as education, socioeconomic status, smoking behavior, and unemployment in Sweden using regional data on county level from 2005 to 2021. The study adopted Environmental Justice Theory as the theoretical framework and used fixed effects model to control for unobserved heterogeneity. READ MORE
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2. Freedom and Movement for Humans and Wild Animals : A journey along the German-Danish border fence
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : In December 2019, the Danish government finished building a fence on the border with Germany. Although the fence was nominally intended to prevent wild boar entering Denmark, the government had recently acquired enough barbed wire to reinforce it against human migrants. READ MORE
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3. Large-Scale Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development: A Synthetic Control Analysis of the Øresund Fixed Link
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis examines the regional economic effects of the Øresund Bridge across the Denmark-Sweden border. Using macroeconomic data over the period 1980-2019, we employ the synthetic control method to estimate the effects of the bridge on three economic outcomes in the regions linked by it. READ MORE
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4. Breaking Boundaries with Instant Payment: A Nordic Adventure : Challenges and Opportunities to Accommodate the Innovation
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : As globalization and interconnection between countries increase, the need for efficient cross-border payments becomes more critical. The Nordics, consisting of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, share many economic and technological advancement similarities. 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