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A well-done policy? Examining carbon leakage in the global meat industry
No full textThis research examines the existence of carbon leakage in the global meat industry based on 34 countries between 2000 and 2018. To do this, three fixed-effects models are estimated in combination with consumption- and production-based Green House Gas accounting to find that an increase of one point in environmental policy stringency reduces home-country meat-production emissions by 2.7 % without having significant impact on demand-based consumption emissions. Conversely, Environmental Policy Stringency raises trade-partner-country production-based emissions by 14 %. Combined, these models give a clear indication of carbon leakage, since domestic Green House Gas emissions decline but simultaneously make trade-partner country emissions increase. Persistence tests confirm that these impacts endure for more than three years. To deal with endogeneity issues, a shift–share instrumental variable approach was taken, which raises the estimates to a 9–10 % domestic reduction and a 25 % increase in partner-country emissions. These results show that without coordinated global action, uncoordinated regulation increases the risk of offshoring, rather than actually lowering global emissions.
Keywords: carbon leakage, emission accounting, weight-matrix, global cooperation, environmental policy stringency
Between recognition and exclusion: Moluccan herritage in Dutch public space
No full textThis thesis explored how Moluccan history and identity are represented in the public space of the Arnhem-Nijmegen region, through public memory practices, such as monuments, commemorations, museums and cultural events. It also examined how members of the Moluccan community experience these practices and how they engage with them. Although the Moluccan community has lived in the Netherlands for more than 70 years, their visibility in the public space appears to be limited.
Through interviews, surveys and observations, it emerged that public memory practices exist but are often small-scale and do not adequately reflect the complexity of Moluccan history and identity. Overall, the respondents value these practices, but they also highlight the lack of wider social recognition. Differences within the community, for example in terms of generation or political orientation, lead to divergent views on how Moluccan history and identity should be represented. Nevertheless, there is a strong desire for visibility and recognition. Public memory practices can contribute to this, but only if they are supported by structural attention in the media, education and policy
The Economic Impact of Military Coups: The Moderating Role of Institutional Quality (1996–2023)
No full textMilitary coups are a persistent feature of global politics, with nearly 90 incidents recorded worldwide between 1996 and 2023, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Such events typically disrupt economic performance, causing declines in GDP growth, high inflation rates, reduced foreign direct investment (FDI), and increased unemployment. However, the severity and duration of these economic outcomes vary significantly across countries. This thesis addresses this gap by investigating whether institutional quality, measured by government effectiveness, moderates the short- to medium-term economic impacts of coups. Using a fixed-effects panel regression model covering all UN member states from 1996 to 2023, the findings suggest that countries with stronger institutions are better able to mitigate the typically negative economic effects of coups. These countries experience faster GDP growth recoveries, particularly evident in the second year after the coup and, in some contexts, as early as the first year. For inflation, FDI, and unemployment, the moderating effect of institutional quality was not statistically significant. By emphasising the important role of institutional quality following political instability, this research provides new insights into why some countries experience less severe economic impact and recover more quickly from military coups than others, and it offers directions for future research.
Keywords: military coups, institutional quality, political instability, government effectiveness, GDP growth, post-coup recovery, Sub-Saharan Afric
The Multifaceted “Golan”: Reappropriation and Collective Identity Formation in Post-Communist Romanian Protests
No full textIn April 1990, four months after the 1989 Revolution, a protest against the appointment of former communist politicians in public offices erupted in Romania. Known as the Union Square Phenomenon or the Golaniad, this movement shaped Romanian protest culture for decades to come through the solidarity of its participants and, notably, through the reclamation of the slur “thug” (“golan”). Cristian Pațurcă’s “Imnul Golanilor” played a pivotal role in the shaping of the protesters’ collective identity, becoming both the anthem of the movement and a lasting symbol of protest and resistance, reappropriated in later civic movements . This thesis explores how “Imnul Golanilor” was reappropriated by two post-1990 protests—namely, the 2017 #rezist protests and 2021 anti-vaccination demonstration—to construct distinct collective identities in divergent ideological contexts.
Keywords: protest music, collective identity, the Golaniad, University Square, “Imnul Golanilor”
The moderating effect of culture on the relationship between corporate social performance and corporate financial performance
No full textThis thesis examines the moderating effect of culture on the relationship between corporate social performance (CSP) and corporate financial performance (CFP). CSP is proxied by the social pillar score while CFP is measured by return on assets, return on equity and market value. The sample consists of 5541 companies across 39 countries measured from 2017 until 2022. Cultural values are captured from GLOBE and Hofstede which enables the comparison of differences and similarities in definition together with the results. Pooled OLS regression models are used with year and industry fixed effects together with firm-level clustered standard errors. Results show significant evidence that CSP positively affects CFP supported by all three measures. This study contributes to the literature by providing many cultural dimensions significantly affecting the relationship between CSP and CFP. The large amount of cultural dimensions explain culture in many ways and thus provide a clear understanding how culture affects the CSP-CFP link
Blind spot in the market: How the UK's short-selling disclosure threshold obscures early warnings of corporate misconduct
No full textThis thesis asks whether two market-based signals, disclosed short positions and firm-specific media sentiment, can anticipate corporate misconduct by UK-listed companies. Using an event-panel of 591 Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) penalties (2010-2024), it merges FCA short-interest disclosures, Good Jobs First’s UK Violation Tracker, and RavenPack news sentiment scores. Media sentiment does dip modestly in the months before enforcement, hinting that journalists spot problems early. Short-selling data, however, deliver a stark null: not a single disclosed position breaches the FCA’s 0.5 % reporting threshold around any misconduct event. Rather than proving shorts uninformed, the thesis draws on Grossman–Stiglitz (1980) information-cost theory to argue that sophisticated traders deliberately stay below the threshold to avoid revealing their bets, creating a regulatory “blind spot” that hides valuable warning signals from investors and researchers alike. The study thus reframes a null finding as evidence of flawed market-transparency design. It recommends lowering the disclosure bar to 0.1–0.2 % and granting anonymised access to sub-threshold data, while inviting broader debate on how regulation should balance trader privacy against the public’s need for timely governance cues
Designing for Balance: Rethinking Coordination and Control in Organizational Design A framework-synthesis of Mintzberg, Stanford, Galbraith and the IOD approaches
No full textThis thesis studies the conceptual differentiation of coordination and control within the organisational design field. The focus is on enhancing the Integral Design (IOD) framework by exploring the works of Mintzberg (1979, 2023), Stanford (2013, 2022), and Galbraith (1973, 1974, 2014). It is a literature-based framework-synthesis around the main books of each author. While coordination is broadly acknowledged as a response to division of labour and integration of effort, control understanding expands from traditional command-and-control to strategic adaptability, or decentralised decision-making. The study reveals overlapping and interconnected characteristics of coordination and control mechanisms, highlighting their practical inseparability. Additionally, the thesis proposes a theoretical refinement of IOD design rules by: (1) acknowledging the importance of lateral relations, including soft aspects in design, creating a pre-phase of redesign and being more contextually dependent
Attack of the Norms. A Constructivist Analysis of Conservative Norm Contention and Boycott Politics in the United States of America
No full textThis thesis is about the right wing and conservative boycotts in the United States of America and what explains the rise in this. To study this the theoretical frameworks of norm life cycle and norm contestation are combined with the methodology of process tracing, scraping and explanatory narrative analysis. The main findings of this thesis are that while the promotion is done by norm entrepreneurs focussing on already existing norm conflicts based on emotional appeals and appeals to identity, it did not lead to habitual validation of the boycotts in the individual level, but the cultural validation of anti-woke norms and anti-transgenderism
Buddyzorg voor oudere migranten. "Een onderzoek naar een buddyzorgsysteem voor oudere migranten na ontslag uit het ziekenhuis inzake zingeving"
No full textDe scriptie onderzoekt de factoren die bijdragen aan het verbeteren van de zingevingszorg van ouderen met een niet-westerse migratieachtergrond na ontslag uit het ziekenhuis, door het ontwikkelen en implementeren van een interprofessioneel en intercultureel buddyzorg systeem. Het onderzoek omvat een literatuurstudie, focusgroepen en vragenlijsten om de behoeften van migranten en de kwalificaties van buddy's te identificeren. Er wordt aandacht besteed aan zingeving, interculturele communicatie en transmurale zorg. De focus ligt op het trainen van vrijwilligers, die fungeren als buddy’s om ondersteuning te bieden aan patiënten na ziekenhuisontslag. Het onderzoek wordt uitgevoerd in het kader van ZINNET, een leernetwerk dat zich richt op interculturele zingevingszorg. De belangrijkste uitkomsten zijn een dieper inzicht in het belang van interculturele competentie en van interprofessionele samenwerking in de transmurale zorg voor ouderen met een nietwesterse migratieachtergrond
De Impact van Leegstandsbeleid op Winkelleegstand: Een Vergelijkende Analyse van Doesburg en Westervoort
Get PDFWinkelleegstand vormt in Nederland een groeiend probleem door de opkomst van e-commerce, demografische veranderingen en het verdwijnen van traditionele winkelketens. Deze scriptie onderzoekt hoe twee middelgrote gemeenten, Doesburg en Westervoort, omgaan met deze uitdaging en hoe lokale context de effectiviteit van beleid beïnvloedt. Op basis van een kwalitatieve vergelijkende case study zijn interviews, beleidsdocumenten en mediaberichten geanalyseerd. De resultaten laten zien dat Doesburg een proactieve en bottom-up benadering hanteert, waarin lokale betrokkenheid, een Bedrijveninvesteringszone (BIZ) en pragmatische oplossingen centraal staan. Hierdoor blijft het centrum relatief vitaal en wordt leegstand snel ingevuld. Westervoort daarentegen kent een meer reactieve, top-down aanpak, sterk afhankelijk van de eigenaar van het winkelcentrum en projectontwikkelaars. Pas bij toenemende leegstand werd gekozen voor een grootschalige herstructurering waarbij winkels werden verplaatst en woningen werden toegevoegd. De vergelijking toont aan dat beleidskeuzes sterk samenhangen met lokale omstandigheden, zoals historische identiteit, eigendomsstructuren en de mate van samenwerking tussen actoren. Daarmee onderstreept dit onderzoek het belang van contextgevoelig en flexibel leegstandsbeleid. De bevindingen dragen niet alleen bij aan de wetenschappelijke literatuur over adaptive reuse en place-based benaderingen, maar bieden ook praktische lessen voor andere gemeenten die geconfronteerd worden met toenemende winkelleegstand