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  1. 1. The impact of democratic transitions on innovation. An empirical panel analysis of 168 countries from 1960-2019.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Hannes Flatz; [2022]
    Keywords : innovation; democratic transitions; political regimes; institutions; development; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis empirically examines the impact of democratic transitions on innovation using a difference-in-differences method on a panel of 168 countries from 1960 to 2019. Patents, R&D expenditure, and scientific articles are employed as proxies for innovation. The results indicate that democratisations have a positive effect on patents. READ MORE

  3. 2. Ethnic Discrimination and the Effect of Salient Middle Eastern Clothing - A Field Study in the Stockholm Subway

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Hedda Båverud Olsson; Artin Shams; [2016]
    Keywords : discrimination; ethnicity; identity economics; group membership;

    Abstract : The current migration crisis and terror trends have affected millions of lives across the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. In light of these events, we investigated how perceived ethnicity affects people's everyday choices, in particular, seating in the Stockholm subway, to gain an understanding of discrimination in Sweden going forward. READ MORE

  4. 3. How was Income Inequality Affected by the Eastern Enlargement in the EU?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Cassandra Lindgren; [2015]
    Keywords : Income inequality; Economic Integration; Eastern Enlargement; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Due to the recent debate about income inequality, the need to find its determinants has never been more important. Economic integration has recently entered the discussion as one possible force for inequality. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Chinese Maritime Frontier: 10th — 16th Century

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Michael Gunther; [2015]
    Keywords : Smithian Growth; Institutions; Maritime; China; South East Asia; Proximity; Shipbuilding; Navigation; Asian Mediterranean; pre-modern; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : China’s maritime development during 200 B.C. to 1600 A.D. READ MORE

  6. 5. Migration trends in the European Union following the 2004 Enlargement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Siddartha Aradhya; [2013]
    Keywords : Intra-­‐EU migration; transitional arrangements; 2004 EU enlargement; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Following World War Two emigration from Central and Eastern Europe, in particular, has grown in spite of increasingly strict border controls. Given this rise in migration pressure from the East during a strictly regulated period, the 2004 EU enlargement of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia threatened to transform the migration landscape, as well as invoked fear of a mass East-­‐West migration. READ MORE