Essays about: "policy stringency"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 essays containing the words policy stringency.

  1. 6. A cost-benefit analysis of Covid-19 response policies. A comparison of Sweden and Norway

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Cajsa Dalne; Yohannes Hailom; [2022]
    Keywords : Covid-19; Cost benefit analysis; Health economics; Public policy; Stringency index;

    Abstract : Abstract. As the end of the Covid-19 pandemic is approaching, it is timely to assess different response policies. Utilizing the sweeping similarities between Sweden and Norway, the relative efficiency of their respective policies during the pandemic period have been assessed. READ MORE

  3. 7. DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE A cross-country study on the environmental effects of equal citizen political participation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : isabel wilson; [2021-07-20]
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    Abstract : Previous research on countries’ environmental sustainability practices has amassed in conflicting results why some nation states perform better (or worse) than others. Some studies determine that it is the country’s level of development and quality of government that determines stringency in environmental regulation and policy, while others point to states’ level of democracy and quality of democratic principles as the main supporting pillars to sustainability. READ MORE

  4. 8. COVID-19 and the Freefall of the Stock Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Annika Deichmann; Sophie Seyfried; [2021]
    Keywords : COVID-19; Stock Market Returns; OLS Regression; Lasso Regression; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Background: The novel COVID-19 outbreak has been present for over a year and is a permanent companion impacting daily lives and hurting economics universal. Since the presence of the coronavirus has been directly impacting stock markets and its returns worldwide, an analysis of the impact on the COVID-19 outbreak is inevitable. READ MORE

  5. 9. The effect of environmental policies on CO2 emissions - using the environmental policy stringency index

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Elin Alexandersson; [2020-09-15]
    Keywords : Environmental policy stringency index; CO₂ emissions; panel data; fixed effects;

    Abstract : The carbon concentration in the air has increased by 50 percent since pre-industrial times and continues to increase every year. Climate change is, therefore, a significant challenge today. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Effect of Environmental Policy Stringency on Environmental Innovations - A Cross Country Comparison

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Anna Jahre; Anna Nordin; [2020-06-30]
    Keywords : Policy stringency; environmental-regulations; innovations; EPS; eco-patents; Porter Hypthesis;

    Abstract : This thesis is a cross-country comparison based on panel-data across 30 countries from 1990-2012. It uses a Negative Binomial Regression Model to test The Porter Hypothesis to see if environmental policy stringency affects the number of environmental innovations in a country. READ MORE