Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "de Soysa, Indra"
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Development Aid as Human Rights Promoter - An empirical test of Norwegian aid allocation and human rights practises from 1990-2013
Hoff, Oda Pernille (Master thesis, 2018)Abstrakt på Norsk: Er norsk bistandsallokering sensitiv til mottakerlandenes menneskerettighetspraksiser? Norge blir sett på som en av verdens moralske supermakter innen bistandslitteraturen, og denne studien vil undersøke ... -
Do bigger health budgets cushion pandemics? An empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world
de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Cooray, Arusha (UNU-WIDER working paper series;, Research report, 2020) -
Do Citizens´ Preferences on Immigration Reflect Governments´ Preferences? A Test of the Theory of Liberal Intergovernmentalism
Norekval, Katrine Loven (Bachelor thesis, 2020)The theory liberal intergovernmentalism argues that domestic preferences shape governments policy preferences. Liberal Intergovernmentalism has become one of the main theories in European integration theory but has also ... -
Do ethnic demographic changes trigger civil war? : an empirical analysis, 1960-2013
Danielsen, Synne Constanse Alstad (Master thesis, 2016)Innen litteraturen som omfavner etnisitet og etnisk konflikt, har viktigheten av etnisk ulikhet og risikoen for konflikt blitt fremhevet. I kontrast til etnisk ulikhet, har den relative distribusjonen av hvordan en etnisk ... -
Do larger immigrant populations increase homicide rates? : a global study, 1995-2014
Solbak, Kristine Stubø (Master thesis, 2017)Relating high immigration to violent crime has been a sensitive topic in the media for quite some time, often concerning highly populistic politics. Still substantial research that validates or disproves this assumed ... -
Do larger immigrant populations increase homicide rates? A global study, 1995-2014
Solbak, Kristine Stubø (Master thesis, 2017)Å relatere immigrasjon til voldelig kriminalitet er et svært sensitivt og debattert tema både i massemedia og blant populistiske politikere. Slik har det også vært over lengre tid. Det mangler likevel data som bekrefter ... -
Do resource-wealthy rulers adopt transparency-promoting laws
Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Some argue that the right kinds of institutions mitigate, or even prevent, the development of “natural resource curses.” Rulers with access to resource wealth, however, are unlikely to adopt such institutions, because doing ... -
Does Ethnic Diversity Increase Violent Crime? A Global Analysis of Homicide Rates, 1995-2013.
de Soysa, Indra; Noel, Carmen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Many scholars argue that diverse preferences and coordination failure stemming from high ethnic diversity results in high social frictions, leading to socio-political failure. Criminological theories suggest that crime is ... -
Does Foreign Direct Investment Encourage State Militarization and Reduce Societal Security? An Empirical Test, 1980-2017
de Soysa, Indra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Scholars debate the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on poor societies. Apparently, FDI could embolden governments to securitize rather than reform, an argument put forth recently by (Kishi, Roudabeh, Maggio, ... -
Does free-market capitalism drive unequal access to health? An empirical analysis, 1970–2015
de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Many scholars, particularly in public health, argue that neoliberal capitalist economic forces adversely affect communities by increasing inequalities, ultimately affecting health. Apparently, corporate capitalism affects ... -
Does Norwegian aid promote good governance in recipient countries? : an empirical analysis, 1985-2013
Aaser, Kristian (Master thesis, 2016)Denne masteroppgaven ser på effekten norsk bistand har på korrupsjonsbekjempelse i utviklingsland. Økonomer har tidligere vært mest opptatt av bistandseffektivitet, mens statsvitere på sin side har vært mest opptatt av ... -
Does social globalisation through access to information communication technologies drive obesity among youth? An empirical analysis, 1990–2013
Knutson, Andreas Harry Solheim; de Soysa, Indra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Scholars debate the effects of globalisation on obesity. Using the latest data on access to ICTs and the Global Burden of Disease data on excess weight gain and obesity, we find that both social globalisation and access ... -
Economic Freedom, Social Protections, and Electoral Support for Anti-Immigrant Populist Parties in 27 Industrial Democracies
Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra (Chapter, 2017) -
Economic Governance and Homicide: Some Theory and Empirics, 1990 – 2017
de Soysa, Indra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article posits that free-market institutions and practices reduce economic distortions that provide rents for underground organizations, which ultimately form criminogenic environments. Rents from market distortions ... -
Egalitarian Democracy and Environmental Sustainability: An Empirical Analysis
Karlsen, Emil (Bachelor thesis, 2020)Fasiliterer egalitære demokratier bærekraft? Ved bruk indikatorer for både egalitært demokrati og bærekraft estimerer denne oppgaven sammenhengen mellom et egalitært demokrati og bærekraftig utvikling. Den ser også på ... -
FDI and Corruption - Does foreign direct investment cause corruption?
Berntsen, Øyvind Isachsen (Master thesis, 2018)Denne oppgaven undersøker sammenhengen mellom direkte utenlandsinvesteringer (FDI) og korrupsjon. Oppgaven innoverer ved å bruke et utvidet datasett, en ny korrupsjonsvariabel og en FDI stock variabel som uavhengig variabel ... -
Free-market capitalism, interpersonal trust, and trust in political institutions: a multilevel empirical analysis, 1994–2014
de Soysa, Indra; Jakobsen, Tor Georg; Holum, Marthe Liss (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Trust is important in terms of achieving economic efficiency, as it reduces the need for costly systems of supervision and control with regards to transactions in a society. Employing data from the World Values Survey and ... -
Gender empowerment, inequalities and the prevalence of adult female obesity: An empirical analysis using new data, 1990–2013
de Soysa, Indra; Lewin, Oda L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Aims: Do gender inequality and gender discrimination explain female obesity? Discrimination denies access to choose and constrains agency. Scope: Using the Global Burden of Disease data on overweight and obesity share of ... -
Gir Kina korrupte og autoritære stater bistand i større grad enn Norge?
Hassel, Benjamin (Bachelor thesis, 2020)Denne oppgaven har som hensikt å utforske forskjeller mellom Kina og Norge som bilaterale bistandsdonorer. Fokuset ligger spesielt på om landene har ulik terskel for å akseptere korrupsjon og autoritære styrer hos ... -
Health-system equity, egalitarian democracy and COVID-19 outcomes: An empirical analysis
de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Cooray, Arusha (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a spate of studies showing a close connection between inequitable access to health care, welfare services and adverse outcomes from the pandemic. Others have argued that democratic ...