Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "de Soysa, Indra"
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Income Inequality, Equity and State Terror, 1976-2016
de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The question of inequality and political violence is hotly debated. While some suggest that inequality leads to grievance-based violence, others suggest opportunity to dissent is what matters. Rather than large armed ... -
Inequality and Public Health: An Empirical Analysis of Vertical and Horizontal Inequality and Public Health: 1991-2019
Fremstad, Maren Nordby (Master thesis, 2023)Målet for denne masteroppgaven er å bidra i debatten om virkningen av ulikhet på folkehelsen. Mens noen argumenterer for at ulikhet er skadelig for helse grunnet dens innvirkning på økonomiske og sosiale faktorer, hevder ... -
Information and Communication Technologies, Globalization and Terrorism: An empirical analysis of terrorist attacks around the world from 1991-2006
Haq, Izaz ul (Master thesis, 2010)Based on the empirical analysis of the terrorist activities, we can say that developed and globalized countries are more safer than the developing countries. The terrorist attacks are considerably low in these countries.To ... -
Is the "Rogue" Donor Any Worse Than the Traditional Donors? A Quantitative Analysis of the Aid Selectivity of the US, the EU, and China in the 21st Century
Skaret, Simen (Master thesis, 2023)Bistandsmidler som blir tildelt korrupte og undertrykkende myndigheter forventes å være mindre effektive for å oppnå utviklingsmål og kan til og med forlenge styret til selvtjenende autokrater som hindrer utvikling. På ... -
Islam, Oil, and the Middle East Region: An Empirical Analysis of the Repression of Religion, 1980-2013
Albertsen, Daniel; de Soysa, Indra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)There is a lively debate on the relative impacts of Islam, oil wealth, and Middle Eastern institutional legacies regarding democratization and the spread of liberal values. We examine this issue using religious repression. ... -
Lazy thinking, lazy giving? Examining the effects of development aid on forests in developing countries
de Soysa, Indra; Hermanrud, Kristine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The Norwegian government enthusiastically supports the protection of forests, which are important CO2 sinks. Given all the difficulty surrounding the reduction of greenhouse gases, funding the protection of forests is a ... -
Mord og demokratisk styreform: en tverrnasjonal undersøkelse
Nesøen, Marie Helén (Bachelor thesis, 2020)Denne teksten argumenter for at den demokratiske styreformen egalitærisme reduserer mordraten, mens at liberalisme ikke gjør det. Det støttes oppunder av Karstedt, som mener at egalitærsime som verdi og struktur er essensielt ... -
Muslim immigrants and violent crime : can religion explain individual violent behavior? : a time series analysis of Danish and Norwegian violent crime data, 2004-2014
Rydne, Nora (Master thesis, 2017)Økt innvandring de siste tiårene har ført til økt støtte til populistiske og innvandringsskeptiske partier øker i Europa. Stigende frykt for innvandring se ut til å henge sterkt sammen med en frykt for Muslimske innvandrergrupper ... -
Oil and property rights
de Soysa, Indra; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)We investigate the role of oil in economic institutions for a sample of 150 countries between 1960 and 2014. We find that higher per capita values of oil production result in weaker economic institutions in the form of ... -
Oil and the new wars: Another look at the resource curse using alternative data
de Soysa, Indra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The thesis that natural resources cause conflict is criticized on the basis that resource dependence and conflict are caused by other underlying factors and that the relationship is endogenous. Using disaggregated resource ... -
Oil price volatility and political unrest: Prudence and protest in producer and consumer societies, 1980–2013
de Soysa, Indra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Revenue from oil makes countries susceptible to the “resource curse” since rulers have ready access to finance for buying off opposition rather than reform. We explore this issue by examining whether oil price volatility ... -
Political Determinants of Trade: An Empirical Analysis of Democracy and Chinese Trade, 1992-2019
Holtar, Lasse (Master thesis, 2021)Kina beskyldes ofte for å undergrave demokratiets rolle i verden ved å selektivt engasjere stater som ikke er forenlige med vestlige verdier og normer. Jeg undersøker denne påstanden empirisk ved å vurdere hvorvidt ... -
Predatory Government and the Feasibility of Rebellion: A Micro Logic of the Capitalist Peace
de Soysa, Indra (Chapter, 2016)The idea that civil war has to be feasible to occur, and that feasibility is largely a function of the availability of lootable income has gained wide acceptance in the specialized literature on civil war. A parallel debate ... -
Proxy Wars: Implications of Great-Power Rivalry for the Onset and Duration of Civil War
de Soysa, Indra (Chapter, 2017)Theories of civil war focus largely on factors internal to countries, generally ignoring the systemic effects of superpower rivalry during the Cold War, or great power politics associated with regional rivalries and ... -
Racing Towards Sustainability?: Formula 1 and Corporate Social Responsibility
Karlsen, Olav Andrè (Master thesis, 2011) -
Rich and Naïve? Assessing the Effects of Norwegian Aid on Political Corruption, 1980–2018
Toft, Elise; de Soysa, Indra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The effectiveness of aid is heatedly debated in academia and policy circles. Annually, billions of dollars are transferred from industrialized countries to developing countries out of moral and practical concerns. Can aid ... -
Rogue aid- An undeserved reputation?
Akali, Alan Devereau (Master thesis, 2022)Flere frykter at Kina's vekst til makt kan utfordre den gjeldende liberale verdensordnen som vestlige krefter ønsker å beholde. Kina kan påvirke verden gjennom sin økonomiske kraft. Et spesifikt interessant felt som har ... -
State Ownership and Climate Change: Can State Ownership of the Economy Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? A Quantitative Study
Isungset, Even (Master thesis, 2022)Masteroppgaven er en kvantitativ analyse som undersøker om staten eller markedet er best egnet til å forebygge klimaendringer. Det har i det siste foregått en debatt om hvorvidt staten eller markedet kan håndtere miljøsaker ... -
The International Monetary Fund, Violence and the Prospects for Democratization
Midtgård, Trude Mariane (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2016:305, Doctoral thesis, 2016)ABSTRACT: What are the domestic political costs of accepting a program from the International Monetary Fund? IMF programs are surrounded by controversy and innumerable claims of their negative political and social effects ... -
U.S. Multinationals and Human Rights: A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of Extractive Versus Nonextractive Sectors
Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Janz, Nicole; de Soysa, Indra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The consequences of foreign direct investment (FDI) for human rights protection are poorly understood. We propose that the impact of FDI varies across industries. In particular, extractive firms in the oil and mining ...