Den här uppsatsen utforskar hur Xi Jinping använder sig av och åberopar konfucianska värden för att skapa legitimitet och följaktligen lojalitet till den kinesiska staten. Genom tillämpning av en sovjetiskt baserad legitimeringsmodell och en utvecklad och anpassad idéanalysmetod visar vi hur Xi Jinpings betoning av familj, enhetlighet och ledaransvar främst utgör ideokratisk legitimering som drar

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic surgery remains associated with high morbidity rates. Although postoperative mortality appears to have improved with specialization, the outcomes reported in the literature reflect the activity of highly specialized centres. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes following pancreatic surgery worldwide.METHODS: This was an international, prospective, multicentre,

Price gouging of essential items, and the global debate on pricing of vaccines and treatments during the COVID-19 crisis, provide an optimal proxy to revisit the law and economics discourse on excessive pricing as an abuse of dominant position. Beyond a normative soul-searching of the efficiency v fairness debate, this chapter analyses excessive pricing cases during the COVID-19 pandemic in the EU

This thesis deals with private international law issues related to the treatment of economic sanctions in international commercial contract disputes in Swedish courts. The dissertation consists of 10 chapters. The first chapter is an introduction. Chapter 10 contains a summary.In Chapter 2, the author examines what economic sanctions are, and in chapter 3, economic sanctions are classified as beloThis thesis deals with private international law issues related to the treatment of economic sanctions in international commercial contract disputes in Swedish courts. The dissertation consists of 10 chapters. The first chapter is an introduction. Chapter 10 contains a summary.In Chapter 2, the author examines what economic sanctions are, and in chapter 3, economic sanctions are classified as belo

Not receiving a DPT-containing vaccine in early childhood indicates an absence of routine immunization, which puts children at an elevated risk of mortality, morbidity, and worse human development over the life course. We estimated the percentage of children 12-35 months who did not receive a dose of DPT-containing vaccine (termed zero-dose children) using household surveys from 81 low- and middle

BACKGROUND: Low birthweight (LBW) children have a higher risk of neonatal mortality. All institutional deliveries, therefore, should be weighed to determine appropriate care. Mortality risk for newborns who are not weighed at birth (NWB) is unknown.METHODS: This paper used logit regression models to compare the odds of death for NWB neonates to that of other neonates using data on 401 712 institut

Prohibition of excessive pricing belongs to one of the oldest legal constructs in human history. The historical roots and the near-universal codification of the concept of excessive pricing has however not mitigated the contentious quarrel alongside seemingly unreconcilable legal-economic positions. Positions ranging from those denying the very existence of excessive pricing, let alone endorsing e

This thesis examines the impact of secular stagnation and increasing debt levels on real long-term interest rates by estimating a SVAR model for the US, UK, and Sweden between 1902 and 2020. The results of this thesis emphasize the impact of slow productivity growth in the decline of real long-term rates since the mid-1980s, with the evidence being quite strong for the US and UK, and somewhat weak

This thesis examines the transmission mechanism of indexed bonds and loans in comparison to nominal bonds in the context of Iceland's monetary policy. The study analyses the effectiveness of indexed bonds and loans in transmitting monetary policy, in the form of the policy rate, and their impact on the economy by using a VAR model. The study explores the historical background of indexation in

This paper examines the economic impact of the 2016 Brexit referendum on the United Kingdom’s economy, focusing on indicators such as real GDP per capita growth and exports. Employing the Synthetic Difference-in-Differences estimation method, we construct a synthetic control unit which allows for an estimation of the treatment effect of the referendum. Our analysis reveals declining trends in real

In response to a period of low inflation and near-zero interest rates, the Swedish central bank initiated Quantitative Easing (QE) in 2015. While the impact of QE on bank lending has been studied in the US and UK, its effects in Sweden remains under-researched. We study the effects of QE on residential bank lending in Sweden through the liquidity, bank lending and bank capital channels. Using a on

This thesis investigates informational asymmetry in an expert market through developing a base and an extended theoretical model. The example in focus is the case of driving schools. The asymmetry in information is of the nature that the seller knows more about how many lessons (quantity of the good) the buyer needs. A key point of interest is also the repeated nature of the buyer and seller’s int

This paper analyses the short-term effects of El Niño and La Niña weather shocks simultaneously, using the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle and imposing assumptions on the econometric VAR model. We contribute to the climate macroeconomics literature by examining the impact of weather anomalies on commodity and food prices using monthly data. Our result for the world provides an overall in

This thesis utilizes panel data from 38 OECD countries, spanning 21 years to estimate the impact of corporate income taxes on foreign direct investment. This analysis aims to examine how the relationship between these two variables has changed due to the launch of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project from the OECD/G20. Regressions are computed both for the full time period and three

As a new type of rapid transportation, high-speed railway played an essential role in China's economic development in the 21st century. In order to meet the transport demand and provide convenience for economic development, China has started a large-scale high-speed railway construction since 2004. Until now most cities in China have opened high-speed railway stations. Based on this background

This thesis concerns the matter regarding the impact of quantitative easing on government bond yields. The extensive use of asset purchase programmes in the beginning of this century has raised a number of discrepancies for researchers to unravel. By applying a SVAR on time series data of Sweden, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States and using impulse response analysis we try to cont

The objective of this study is to investigate the dynamic correlations and volatility spillover effect between the financial stress index (FSI), exchange rates, and gold prices among Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS countries) over the period between February 2014 and February 2024. The FSI is established using the principal component analysis approach for each country to evalu

In various consumption decisions, from what clothes to wear to what investments to make, individuals are influenced by the choices of others. Such peer effects sometimes lead to herd behavior in the form of, e.g., fads and financial bubbles. To understand these processes, it is crucial to understand the underlying mechanisms. The novel experimental design of this paper allows for a separation of p

This paper studies heterogeneity in the euro area transmission mechanism as dependent on financial development. The topic is interesting, and research on it may provide answers to questions such as how member states can reduce their inflation rate. The hypothesis is that responses of inflation and output to discretionary monetary policy are larger in member states with a higher level of financial