Essays about: "contagion"

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  1. 1. Defying the odds : What protects a country against conflict contagion?

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

    Author : Amanda Dahlstedt Berggren; [2023]
    Keywords : conflict contagion; mali; niger; tuaregs; conflict spillover; international dimensions of civil war; conflict onset; armed conflict; contagion; ethnopolitical inclusion; ethnopolitical; ethnopolitical exclusion; reasons; resources; resolve;

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  3. 2. The Slow Spread of Environmentally Friendly Action : An agent-based model simulation of social networks

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Till Kolligs; [2023]
    Keywords : network analysis; agent based model; tipping point; climate action; complex contagion; vegetarianism;

    Abstract : The adoptation of environmentally friendly behaviour is rather slow, although the climate crisis is pressing. This thesis aims to understand the slow adoption of environmentally friendly behaviour, specifically focusing on vegetarianism and veganism, by employing social network analysis. READ MORE

  4. 3. Networks of spillover effects to spot systemic risk in the banking industry: testing Granger causality in a high dimensional VAR model

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Emanuele Paccagnella; [2023]
    Keywords : Systemic risk - Network - Contagion - Banks - VAR; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this essay the evolution of global systemic risk is investigated by creating networks (and communities) of contagion among 88 banks that are deemed systemically important on a global level (particularly western economy). The contagion is defined by a Granger Causality relation between two individuals in the network, this is tested using the Post double selection method described in Margartitella et al. READ MORE

  5. 4. Quantifying the Impact of EU-US "Distressed" Financial Market Integration on European Credit Supply

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ioannis Tzoumas; [2023]
    Keywords : ΔCoVaR; Loans; Credit; Risk; Integration; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper proposes a new method for quantifying financial integration by adapting Adrian & Brunnermeier (2016)’s ΔCoVaR to conform with standard asset pricing literature (Lewellen & Nagel 2006, Cochrane 2009). We reconcile ΔCoVaR with standard microeconomic theory (Waller & Lewarne 1994) and test for causal relationships with respect to the contagion of US acute financial shocks to the EU’s loan supply. READ MORE

  6. 5. Contagion, Contention, and Content: Political Mobilization on Telegram in the 2020 Belarusian post-Election Protests

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Vide Wassberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Telegram; Belarus; Protest; Participation; Mobilization; Connective Action; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study aims to scrutinize the role of the social media application Telegram as a protest mobilizing structure during the 2020 post-election uprising in Minsk, Belarus. The purpose is to strengthen the understanding on how protest mobilizations online relate to offline protest participation in authoritarian states, and how the usage of social media in social movements impact, and is influenced by, its authoritarian context. READ MORE