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16. Decentralisation, Political Participation and Democracy: The Effects of Decentralisation on Political Participation and Democratisation in Non-Western States
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : A global trend of decentralisation has been present in the last decades. Since the 1980s, most countries have transferred power and resources from the centre to subnational levels of government. READ MORE
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17. Politics first? Do changes in bilateral political relations affect imports from South Korea to Japan?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Have Japan’s imports of South Korean products changed in response to changes in the levels of political tension between the two countries, and have this affected the success of attempts made by South Korean firms to enter the Japanese market? The absence of transnational South Korean firms such as Hyundai, Kia and LG on the Japanese market, a geographically and psychically proximate market to the South Korean market, suggests that factors other than those put forth by established international trade models such as the Gravity model and market entry models such as the Uppsala model have affected South Korean imports to Japan. Pollins (1989) argues that firms take bilateral political tension between countries into account when managing risk, and that governments and consumers are likely to react negatively to heightened political tension, including boycotts and decreased demand for goods from the other country. READ MORE
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18. The Impact of Political Competition on Discretionary Spending: - Evidence from Swedish Municipalities
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : In our thesis we investigate the impact of municipal political competition on discretionary spending by municipal governments. Building on previous work in the field of political economics, we offer a first empirical test of the leviathan and partisan hypothesis in the Swedish context. READ MORE
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19. The Relationship Between the Price of Oil and Unemployment in Sweden
University essay from IHH, NationalekonomiAbstract : The dependence on oil has increased in many nations as a result of increasing industrialization and oil has been the factor of many crises as well as many wars. This paper examines how the price of oil affects the unemployment in Sweden. READ MORE
