Essays about: "sub-national"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 essays containing the word sub-national.

1. 1. Temperature Shocks and Price Stability

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Klara Strömberg; [2024]
   Keywords : Climate Change; Price Stability; Local Projections; United Kingdom;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the interplay between temperatures and prices in an advanced economy context. To this end, I estimate the impulse response to a 1°C temperature anomaly on the UK economy. READ MORE

3. 2. Local Patriotism and the Emergence of UrbanSocial Movements : A case study of referendums from below in a postmaterialist society

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Faris Henry Gergis; [2023]
   Keywords : Local patriotism; sub-national referendums; referendums from below; urban social movements; political participation; trust in local government; Folkinitiativet för Flygplatsens Framtid.;

   Abstract : Referendums are enigmatic in their sense as consolidating— or erosive tools of representative democracy; nonetheless, an upswing in the referenda from below was recently highlighted in the literature. Thus, how local referendums from below are mobilized and whether they affect trust in local government is a significant question to be answered, which mandates bridging social movements to tools of deliberative democracy. READ MORE

4. 3. Chinese Presence in Africa: For better or worse?- A Study on the Effects of Chinese Aid on Press Freedom in Africa

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Oskar Fagerholm; Jakob Weiner; [2022-06-30]
   Keywords : Foreign Aid; China; Africa;

   Abstract : Over the last 20 years, China's growth has increased exponentially, and one aspect of this growth is increasing Chinese presence in many international and economic settings. In this study we focus on the international impact of Chinese foreign aid and in more detail how it influences the press freedom in Africa on a cross-national and sub-national level. READ MORE

5. 4. Mapping future floods in coastal Bangladesh - Impacts of projected changes in sea level and precipitation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Agnes Pierre; [2022]
   Keywords : flood modelling; TFM-DYN; sea level rise; land subsidence; extreme precipitation; tidal flooding; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The exposure to flooding in coastal Bangladesh is expected to increase throughout the century as a result of climate change-induced sea level rise and intensified monsoon precipitation. The current consequences of flooding include damage to infrastructure, economy, and health through inundation and saline intrusion, and are likely to affect a larger population in the future. READ MORE

6. 5. Night-time lights as a proxy for socioeconomic indicators in Uganda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Eric Kaoukji; [2022]
   Keywords : Night-time lights Remote sensing Uganda Development economics Python Linear regression Satellite imagery; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : A large amount of economic research is reliant upon census, survey, or national accounts as a source of data. For many developing nations, the quality of this data is widely recognised to be unreliable and is rarely available at the sub-national level. READ MORE