Essays about: "gift"

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1. 11. The Deadweight Loss of Christmas Revisited

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Tobias Lahtinen; Johan Rhodin; [2021-08-04]
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   Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate if there is a deadweight loss, (DWL), or gain to society elicited from the gift-exchange during the Christmas holiday in Sweden in 2020. This is done by partly replicating the method used in the famous article The deadweight loss of Christmas, written by Joel Waldfogel (1993). READ MORE

3. 12. Sublime Transactions. The Gestures of Poetry and Criticism with Anne Carson, the Scholar-Poet

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

   Author : Edda Ahrent; [2021]
   Keywords : Anne Carson; hermeneutics; Massumi; Kristeva; Greenblatt; literary criticism; poetry; affect; play; intertextuality; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The 20th century, as well as the 21st, is ripe with hermeneutic anxiety concerning the survival of the object of interpretation and the right way to study literature. In this thesis, the Canadian scholar-poet Anne Carson is studied as a framework to an understanding of how poetry and literary criticism – the event of hermeneutics – co-occur, converge, and diverge. READ MORE

4. 13. A Sociological Perspective on Organ Transplantation and Donation in Serbia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Teodora Vojnov; [2021]
   Keywords : Organ transplantation; organ donation; social capital; gift exchange theory; motivated information management; theory of planned behaviour; religion.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Organ shortage has been a large issue all over the world, almost for as long as there have been organ transplants. Other than the straightforward issues like the organs not matching between the donor and the recipient, limited availability of suitable donors, logistic problems involved with the transplantation procedure etc. READ MORE

5. 14. South-North Cooperation : Exploring the symbolic regime of a ‘new’ development cooperation paradigm

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Henrik Turtle; [2021]
   Keywords : Development cooperation; north-south cooperation; south-south cooperation;

   Abstract : This thesis studies the symbolic regimes of Southern and Northern development cooperation partners. Symbolic regime is understood as the jointly articulated discourse of the Southern and Northern development partners. South-North cooperation is a suitable topic for study due to its peculiarity. READ MORE

6. 15. Discussion of the gift-giving behavior in rural and urban area respectively: Empirical evidence in China

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Yancheng Wang; [2020-07-10]
   Keywords : gift-giving; motive; altruism; reciprocity; social norm; China;

   Abstract : Sending gifts in specific festivals and events is a universal phenomenon. One major concern is the motivations behind the sizable and significant gift expenses. The purpose of this research is to compare the gift-giving motives between rural and urban households. READ MORE