Essays about: "political bias"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 81 essays containing the words political bias.

  1. 21. Responsible investments: An analysis of preference - The influence of local political views on ESG portfolio return

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Adam Blomqvist; Francesco Stradi; [2021]
    Keywords : ESG; Responsible investing; ESG preferences; Portfolio performance; Environmental awareness; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The objective of this study is to analyze whether environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments generate different abnormal excess returns depending on preferences towards ESG assets in the United States. We aim to verify whether these results are consistent with the previously exposed theories explaining the relationships between ESG preferences and excess returns. READ MORE

  3. 22. Research & innovation in the EU bioeconomy strategy : a useful solution or a political buzzword?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Gabriella Rådberg; [2021]
    Keywords : research and innovation; EU; bioeconomy; critical discourse analysis; the pro-innovation bias; ecological modernization theory;

    Abstract : Several policies and strategies for mitigating climate changes and for enhancing our way of handling natural resources have been developed during the last decade, where the EU Bioeconomy Strategy could be seen as one example. Research and innovation (R&I) is repeatedly used within policymaking as a tool for enabling transition into a more sustainable society and the EU Bioeconomy Strategy is no exemption. READ MORE

  4. 23. THE BACKLASH THEORY: A REASON FOR POLITICAL CONCERN OR FAKE NEWS?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emelie Karlsson; [2020]
    Keywords : backlash; public opinion; American Muslims; survey experiment;

    Abstract : The contested backlash phenomenon assumes that changes to the status quo in favor of minorities will be met with resistance and resentment from majority groups. However, previous research has yielded ambiguous results. This has resulted in a continuous confusion regarding if, when and how backlashes occur. READ MORE

  5. 24. Biased While Betting on Bernie? A cross-sectional and panel data analysis of prediction error in U.S. election prediction markets from 2015 to 2020

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Daniel Evans; [2020]
    Keywords : prediction markets; political science; behavioral economics; U.S. elections; bias;

    Abstract : A consensus seems to have emerged that political prediction markets can lose predictive power when certain efficiency criteria are not met. With a cross-sectional dataset of 570 prediction markets about U.S. elections and a panel dataset with 6,465 days of trading from PredictIt. READ MORE

  6. 25. Organizational failure and intelligence: A framework for understanding intelligence failure

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Arvid Norman; [2020]
    Keywords : Intelligence failure; organization framework; intelligence studies; organizational theory; Yom Kippur War; confirmation bias; cognitive dissonance; failure; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Failure often captures public attention, especially in an intelligence context were the consequences can be devastating and the successes are rarely visible. Understanding failure is important if we are to prevent it and both the field of organizational theory and the field of intelligence have been interested in the nature of failure. READ MORE