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Does Bad News Affect Trade?

Chowdhury, Proma Paromita LU (2020) NEKN01 20202
Department of Economics
Abstract
The research paper analyses the impact of negative news, in terms of shock, on the binary trading relationship of Bangladesh with the rest of the world using the readymade garment industrial catastrophe of Rana Plaza collapse of 2013. To assess the geographical distribution of negative news, the per capita volume of search index from Google Trends is treated as the key variable. The paper applies Gravity Model to evaluate the shock on the import volume of all countries from Bangladesh. The analysis presents a negative correlation, supporting the hypothesis that adverse impact of breaking information prevails on trade. However, the obtained coefficient values are too small to influence import and leads to the inference that digital mean of... (More)
The research paper analyses the impact of negative news, in terms of shock, on the binary trading relationship of Bangladesh with the rest of the world using the readymade garment industrial catastrophe of Rana Plaza collapse of 2013. To assess the geographical distribution of negative news, the per capita volume of search index from Google Trends is treated as the key variable. The paper applies Gravity Model to evaluate the shock on the import volume of all countries from Bangladesh. The analysis presents a negative correlation, supporting the hypothesis that adverse impact of breaking information prevails on trade. However, the obtained coefficient values are too small to influence import and leads to the inference that digital mean of boycott is not likely to have a major impact on trade. (Less)
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author
Chowdhury, Proma Paromita LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
A study on the effects of Negative Shock on the Perceptions of Production Conditions; contemplating the 2013 Rana Plaza Industrial Accident in Bangladesh
course
NEKN01 20202
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
consumer boycott, Rana Plaza, Google trends, Gravity model
language
English
id
9031549
date added to LUP
2020-12-17 16:08:46
date last changed
2020-12-17 16:08:46
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  abstract     = {{The research paper analyses the impact of negative news, in terms of shock, on the binary trading relationship of Bangladesh with the rest of the world using the readymade garment industrial catastrophe of Rana Plaza collapse of 2013. To assess the geographical distribution of negative news, the per capita volume of search index from Google Trends is treated as the key variable. The paper applies Gravity Model to evaluate the shock on the import volume of all countries from Bangladesh. The analysis presents a negative correlation, supporting the hypothesis that adverse impact of breaking information prevails on trade. However, the obtained coefficient values are too small to influence import and leads to the inference that digital mean of boycott is not likely to have a major impact on trade.}},
  author       = {{Chowdhury, Proma Paromita}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Does Bad News Affect Trade?}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}