Essays about: "financial liberalization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words financial liberalization.

  1. 1. Shooting for the Sun: A feasibility assessment of Lebanon’s renewable electricity targets

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Lea Fahrnberger; [2021]
    Keywords : Lebanon; feasibility assessment; growth modeling; renewable electricity; energy transition; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Most electricity in Lebanon is produced by burning fossil fuels, which produces more than one half of domestic greenhouse gas emissions, and the state-owned electricity companies are unable to meet the demand. To increase the country’s generation capacity and simultaneously combat the effects of climate change, the government aims to produce 30% of its electricity from renewables by 2030. READ MORE

  3. 2. The effect of financial liberalization on economic growth: A panel data analysis of 38 countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Shufei Zhang; [2019]
    Keywords : Financial deepening theory; Financial liberalization; Economic growth; Panel data model; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper empirically surveys the actual links between financial liberalization and economic growth by drawing lessons from both developed and emerging economies over 26 years. The macroeconomic indicators for economic growth are GDP per capita growth, growth volatility, and real lending interest rate. READ MORE

  4. 3. Excess elasticity in the financial system? A study of how macroeconomic variables affect stock prices

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jens Mattsson; Daniel Bell; [2019]
    Keywords : Stock prices; Macroeconomic variables; Excess elasticity; Bretton Woods; Finan- cial liberalization; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Asset prices have had larger and more rapid increases since 1980 when compared to the post-war period, especially compared to the Bretton Woods period. In this thesis we test whether the excess elasticity view provides a plausible explanation for this change. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Comparative Study on Turkey under Globalization: Premature Deindustrialization and Institutional Transformations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Berke Tekay; [2018]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper investigates Dani Rodrik’s argument about premature deindustrialization processes in developing countries and its political repercussions for these countries with a focus on Turkey. Premature deindustrialization is defined as a fall of real MVA and employment shares of manufacturing at levels much lower than the developed countries experienced in the past. READ MORE

  6. 5. Unraveling the underlying mechanisms : a coevolutionary narrative of Ghana’s electricity system and the barriers to solar energy contributing to the national grid

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Abdallah Smith; [2017]
    Keywords : electricity crisis; sustainability science; socio-ecological narrative; barriers to solar energy in West Africa; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Academic literatures state that the inadequacy of political will, lack of financial incentives, high costs of renewables, low awareness, and prominence of thermal sources is creating barriers to the adoption of renewable energy, despite the favorable environmental conditions for them in Ghana, especially solar. Within the context of sustainability, understanding the mechanisms that have produced these barriers can improve the possibility of identifying pathways to increasing the use of renewable energy in powering development. READ MORE