Essays about: "relationship of political science to economics"

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1. 1. Organized Crime and Government Trust under the Covid-19 pandemic. The case study of Sicily.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Andrea Cavallo; [2023]
   Keywords : Sicilian Mafia; organized crime; government trust; Covid-19; vaccination campaign.; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Do municipalities in which organized crime is strongly established present lower Covid-19 vaccination rates, as a proxy for government trust? This paper aims to answer this question in the specific case of the Italian region of Sicily. Specifically, the analysis exploits a panel dataset of 390 Sicilian municipalities over 107 weeks (between the 27th of December 2020 and the 1st of January 2023) to study if areas with a higher presence of the Mafia, measured through historical sources and more recent data, negatively correlate with the cumulative weekly percentage of Covid-19 vaccinations per municipality. READ MORE

3. 2. Consumer Welfare and the European Commission

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Nicolas Pershaf; [2022]
   Keywords : Consumer welfare; European Commission; Sustainability; Digital Markets; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This essay aims to answer several questions: how is consumer welfare defined in economics and by the Commission, how has the role of the concept evolved throughout the history of the Commission’s competition policy, and how do the modern problems of digital markets and sustainability affect the role of consumer welfare? It can first be stated that there exists a clear definition and a way to measure consumer welfare in economic theory. In short, it is the difference between what consumers would have been willing to pay for a good and what they actually had to pay. READ MORE

4. 3. HOW AYAHUASCA-CEREMONIES CHANGE PERCEPTIONS OF NATURAL VALUES IN PARTICIPANTS : THE LINKS TO NATURE AND THE ROLE OF SHAMANIC RITUALS

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

   Author : Klaus Blomster; [2021]
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   Abstract : The South American psychedelic brew ayahuasca has seen a surge of popularity among western users in the past decade, both in the Amazon and in the Western World. This has caused interest in the field of psychiatric research, as some psychedelics have been approved in some countries for clinical trials in treating mental illnesses. READ MORE

5. 4. Quadratic Voting and Heterogeneous Beliefs

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Anton Arbman Hansing; [2020]
   Keywords : social choice; market design; strategic voting; beliefs; value of information; Business and Economics; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Quadratic voting has been proposed as a voting procedure that aggregates preferences in a near-utilitarian way. A voter’s optimal strategy is, however, not solely a function of her preferences, but also of her beliefs about how others will vote. READ MORE

6. 5. Everyone off the treadmill : mitigating soil greenhouse gases from Dutch agriculture

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Anna Gomes; [2020]
   Keywords : agricultural production; soil management; climate change; farmer adoption; the Netherlands; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Working to increase the sustainability of agriculture is a complex challenge of balancing food production and economic profitability with environmental and climatic impact. As the second largest exporter of agricultural products worldwide, the Netherlands is a global production hub, a leading example of high yields per hectare. READ MORE