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- Laureys, Joris (author) master thesis 2023
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Srivastava, Vaibhavi (author)As the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, India stands at a crucial juncture in the global fight against climate change. Recognising the delicate balance India must strike between rapid economic growth and sustainable development, this research employs a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model tailored specifically for the...master thesis 2023
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Ólafsdóttir, Júlía (author)The critical importance of investing in renewable energy to mitigate climate change cannot be overstated. Renewable energy projects are capital-intensive and risky. With this unbalanced risk and return profile, private-sector financial actors are often not in a position to fund these projects. Furthermore, the current magnitude of renewable...master thesis 2023
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de Bruin, Douwe (author)This thesis investigates the unprecedented labour market tension in the Netherlands post-2021, by analyzing the core drivers behind the labour market. A framework based on labour demand and supply is made in order to study the key drivers of the labour market. Through quantitative analysis it is found that the labour market tension after 2021 is...master thesis 2023
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Tabaksblat, Marise (author)Recent years have shown an increased level of food insecurity: a surge in the level of poverty and hunger in low-income countries caused by higher global food prices. One of the potential causes of the commodity price spikes is the process of financialization, including an increased level of financial speculation in food commodity markets....master thesis 2023
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Breman, Carlotta (author)With finance entering the real economy, new kinds of markets have emerged, such as futures markets, in which special contracts – called futures – are exchanged. From the early 2000s, futures on commodities have become popular among financial instruments, and we talk about "financialization of commodity markets". The uniqueness of commodity...master thesis 2023
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van Arkel, Suzan (author)Rising food commodity prices pose a severe threat to vulnerable populations globally. While market fundamentals contribute to this increase, excessive speculation by financial investors is believed to play a significant role. This study aims to examine the relationship between financial speculation and agricultural commodity prices between 2000...master thesis 2023
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Griekspoor, Wessel (author)Wealth inequality exists all over the world. This can be seen as a social problem because it violates accepted norms of egalitarian distribution. Moreover, wealth inequality can negatively affect a number of areas, including economic growth. However, wealth inequality also has advantages. For example, it provides incentives to engage in risky...master thesis 2023
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- Bhalla, Naincy (author) master thesis 2022
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van der Meer, Wim (author)This integrative literature research analyses economic inequality using a system perspective. Topics related to the quantification, causes, and effects revolving around economic inequality are reviewed and presented in an overarching conceptual framework. The functioning of the conceptual framework is tested by performing an application on the...master thesis 2022
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- Saad, Filip (author) master thesis 2022
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Slootweg, Alexander (author)For most countries, the targets set in the sustainable development goals for 2030 are far from being met. The main cause is a lack of financing, due to the relatively high risks and low rewards associated with sustainable projects. This has caused a financing gap in developing countries of upwards of 2.5 trillion US$ annually, equal to 3% of...master thesis 2022
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Patil, Tanvi (author)Economic growth, especially after the financial crisis of 2008, has been declining in many OECD nations. Declining economic growth has negative effects including a lower rate of productivity growth, stagnating standards of living, increases in income inequality etc. Many economists believe that stagnating fixed business investment is one of the...master thesis 2022
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Cruz Torres, Francesco (author)In the face of environmental challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency, the European Commission enacted in 2019 a new comprehensive growth strategy with the aim of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions in 2050. Named as the European Green Deal, this strategy includes energy, biodiversity, pollution, and climate adaptation targets, and...master thesis 2021
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Feng, Rui (author)After the U.S. financial crisis in 2008, shadow banking business in China has shown rapid development. Shadow banking refer to credit intermediary involving financial entities and financial activities outside the traditional banking regulatory system. The shadow banking system in western countries represented by the United States is mainly based...master thesis 2021
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Cortes Arbues, Ignasi (author)Economic activity generates carbon emissions that accelerate climate change. Rising temperatures will eventually lead to climate damages that deteriorate our economic system, putting the livelihood of millions at risk. The purpose of our analysis is to assess how this feedbacking dynamic develops until the end of the century. To do so, we have...master thesis 2021
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WANG, LUDAN (author)Baumol's unbalanced growth model predicts the tendency of aggregate productivity growth to slow down in the process of tertiarisation. This thesis studies the relationship between employment structural changes and aggregate productivity growth in the case of China. William Nordhaus’s (2008) testing methodology will be applied to the China...master thesis 2021
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van overbeeke, boris (author)Current implementation of Quantitative Easing (QE) by the European Central Bank (ECB) contributes to global warming and counteracts a transition to a carbon-free economy. The research formulates green alternatives for current QE policy that are consistent with the ECB’s mandate. Evaluation in a stock-flow-fund ecological macroeconomic model...master thesis 2021
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Kulkarni, Shridhar (author)Integrated assessment models (IAMs) are greatly influential in global climate policy discussions and decision making. Mainstream IAMs suggest climate mitigation pathways which amount to making very little changes to emissions, consumption, and investment patterns in the short term. Instead, they rely on back-loading the mitigation efforts to...master thesis 2020
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Papazotos, G. (author)Fostering green innovation diffusion is one of the goals of the European Green Deal, European Commission's ambitious plan of eliminating greenhouse emissions in the European Union by 2050. This study approaches diffusion of green innovation through the lens of evolutionary economics by considering concepts like path-dependency and technology...master thesis 2020
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