Essays about: "cross-country analysis"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 138 essays containing the words cross-country analysis.
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11. Sustainability and Financial Success - An Analysis of the Interplay between Environmental Performance and Stock Performance in a Scandinavian Covid-19 Setting
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This study examines the relationship between environmental performance and stock performance in a Scandinavian Covid-19 setting. By regressing raw- and abnormal returns on a proxy for environmental performance and a set of control variables, we investigate this fiercely debated relationship. READ MORE
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12. Intra-units cost charging practices across countries, challenges faced : Creation of a framework with relevant improvements
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : Aim: The research aims at analyzing the intra-units cost charging across different countries, projects, and functions in order to establish cost charging transparency, fairness, and accountability. Furthermore, would suggest a framework seeking to ensure a smooth and consistent intra units cost charging across countries, projects and functions of a MNC. READ MORE
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13. Trading gender equality? : Examining the impact of exposure to gender equality through trade on the gender wage gap: A European multi-country approach
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The analysis studies the spill-over effect of the gender equality of the trading partner on the gender wage gap. The aim is to contribute to the gender aspect of the literature studying the effect of globalisation on wage inequality, and especially to the very limited literature on the spill-over effect of the trading partner. READ MORE
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14. WOMEN´S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT AND LOWERED SOCIO-ECONOMIC BARRIERS UNDER THE CONTEXT OF CORRUPTION. A quantitative cross-country study of the effect of women´s political empowerment on socio-economic barriers moderated by corruption
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis theorizes that higher levels of women’s political empowerment (WPE) lower socio-economic barriers to development across countries and that this is moderated by countries’ level of corruption. Using cross-sectional data from more than 100 transitioning and developing countries from 2009 and 2014 this thesis develops upon the results of previous research on WPE and poverty reduction under different contexts by extending the analysis to include a measurement of political empowerment including both empowerment in official political positions, formal empowerment, and as political empowerment of ordinary citizens in civil society, informal empowerment. READ MORE
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15. THE EFFECT OF THE INFORMAL ECONOMY ON POVERTY: The role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study investigates how access and usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) could affect the relationship between the size of the informal economy and poverty in developing countries. This topic has yet to receive much scholarly attention apart from one previous study, who argued that the moderating effect of ICTs is through the mechanism of greater financial inclusion. READ MORE
