Essays about: "propensity score matching"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 53 essays containing the words propensity score matching.

  1. 6. The Porter Hypothesis: Fact or Myth? - A Case Study on the EU Emissions Trading System

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Cecilia Sacklen; Tintin Wilsby; [2023]
    Keywords : Porter Hypothesis; Environmental policy; Eco-innovation; EU ETS; Firm performance;

    Abstract : This study investigates the Porter Hypothesis in the context of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), the world's largest cap-and-trade system within environmental regulations. The Porter Hypothesis posits that environmental regulations can stimulate eco-innovation and ultimately improve the financial performance of regulated firms. READ MORE

  3. 7. A comparison of the innovation performance of European entrepreneurial firms backed by Corporate Venture Capital and Independent Venture Capital

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Suzanne Mooren; James Gibbons; [2023]
    Keywords : Corporate Venture Capital; Independent Venture Capital; Innovation; Publicly Owned Firms; Europe;

    Abstract : Corporate venture capital (CVC) has seen an enormous rise in Europe over the past decade, however, has been scarcely researched in terms of its impact on innovation. This paper is the first one to examine the impact of corporate venture capital (CVC) on the innovation, measured as number of patents granted and number of citations per patent, of public portfolio firms in comparison to firms backed by independent venture capital (IVC) in Europe. READ MORE

  4. 8. An empirical study of the relationship between women director and corporate social responsibility performance: insights from China.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Dan Wang; Zhaoyuan Mu; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : CSR; Board gender diversity; women directors;

    Abstract : Title: An empirical study of the relationship between women director and corporate social responsibility performance: insights from China. Background and Problem Discussion: Globally, women directors are increasingly recognized and valued for their governance and decision-making abilities, and their impact on CSR performance has become the focus of academic attention. READ MORE

  5. 9. Coping with Covid-19 in rural India: Did financial strategies help to maintain wellbeing?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Simona Koria; Jennifer Träff; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : Psychological Wellbeing; Financial Coping; Unconditional Cash Transfer; Covid-19; Panel Data; Propensity Score Matching; Low-and Middle Income Countries;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the direct impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on psychological wellbeing and explores the mediating role of financial coping strategies for this association. Using four waves of representative panel data, collected in 2018, 2020 and 2021 from 2 997 households living across 294 villages in the state of Odisha, India, we find that stress increased whilst depression decreased, resulting in psychological wellbeing being unchanged during the pandemic. READ MORE

  6. 10. Automation and design in observational causal inference

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Mattias Tajik; [2022]
    Keywords : Causal Inference; Genetic Matching; Entropy Balancing; Propensity Score;

    Abstract : The use of automated procedures has recently become popular in the causal inference literature. Naive implementations of automatic procedures stand in contrast to the perspective advocated in Imbens and Rubin's Causal Inference. Imbens and Rubin suggest that researchers should make modelling decisions informed by subjective knowledge. READ MORE