Essays about: "economic shock"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 89 essays containing the words economic shock.

  1. 21. Cities and the Triple Bottom Line

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Riccarda Schmid; [2022]
    Keywords : city sustainability; triple bottom line; strong sustainability; shock-based instrumental variables; Doughnut economics; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Cities are experiencing substantial population growth, they generate about 80 percent of global GDP and they are in power of local legislation. This makes them crucial actors in facing sustainability challenges. READ MORE

  3. 22. Interest in Entrepreneurship - A study about how Covid-19 affected the Entrepreneurial environment in the European Union

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Oskar Albertsson; Massimiliano Bontempi; [2022]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurship; Necessity Entrepreneurship; Pull Entrepreneurship; Covid-19; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate how the Covid-19 pandemic affected the entrepreneurial environment in the European Union, selecting a representative sample of eight countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and The Netherlands). Research published at the beginning of the pandemic projected losses in GDP and an increasing unemployment rate due to a socio-economic shock. READ MORE

  4. 23. Shaky Growth: Chile's earthquake and its effect on GDP. Did the 2010 earthquake change Chile's growth path? Evidence of a synthetic control study

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Santiago Benguria; [2022]
    Keywords : synthetic control method; quasi-experimental study; earthquake; Chile; natural disasters;

    Abstract : This quasi-experimental study analyses the effects of the 2010 Chile earthquake and finds an effect GDP per capita in the years following the event, by using the synthetic control method. After the shock, the country experienced an increase of 7% on GDP per capita on average, an effect which is significant yet only transitory as Chile and its counterfactual catch up again 5 years after the event. READ MORE

  5. 24. Unemployment of foreign-born people in Europe : A study of the Beveridge Curve between 2012 and 2021

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Maike Strube; [2022]
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    Abstract : Migration has heavily increased in the past decade. The freedom of movement of labor is an important economic strength of Europe. A labor supply shock happened in 2015 when the “refugee crisis” brought many foreign-born people to Europe. READ MORE

  6. 25. Is the level of development in a country a vital factor for coping with Covid-19?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Daniel Granat; [2021-07-02]
    Keywords : Covid-19; level of development; economic output; health expenditures; HDI; general health; economic shock; developing and developed countries;

    Abstract : Covid-19, the virus that dominated 2020 was first detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The virus has since then spread to all countries in the world and has resulted in devastating effects worldwide among developed as well as developing countries. READ MORE