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Flames of Controversy - Investigating the Impact of Quran Burnings on Swedish Exports to Muslim Countries

Risberg, Teo LU and Rudolfsson, Victor LU (2024) NEKN01 20241
Department of Economics
Abstract
This thesis investigates whether the Quran burnings led to diminishing Swedish export flows to Muslim countries. By implementing a synthetic control method, the findings indicate no significant effect on Swedish exports. However, the alternative method, synthetic difference-in-differences, demonstrates a statistically significant decrease of 0,212% in Swedish exports, although negligible in terms of overall export volumes. Swedish export composition, including high dependency on non-consumer export, could have mitigated the impact. These findings imply that although there is some evidence of decreased exports to Muslim countries, further research is needed to conclusively assess the extent of these effects, if any, on Swedish exports.
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author
Risberg, Teo LU and Rudolfsson, Victor LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKN01 20241
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Sweden, Synthetic control, Quran burnings, Trade
language
English
id
9174042
date added to LUP
2024-10-01 13:07:55
date last changed
2024-10-01 13:07:55
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  abstract     = {{This thesis investigates whether the Quran burnings led to diminishing Swedish export flows to Muslim countries. By implementing a synthetic control method, the findings indicate no significant effect on Swedish exports. However, the alternative method, synthetic difference-in-differences, demonstrates a statistically significant decrease of 0,212% in Swedish exports, although negligible in terms of overall export volumes. Swedish export composition, including high dependency on non-consumer export, could have mitigated the impact. These findings imply that although there is some evidence of decreased exports to Muslim countries, further research is needed to conclusively assess the extent of these effects, if any, on Swedish exports.}},
  author       = {{Risberg, Teo and Rudolfsson, Victor}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Flames of Controversy - Investigating the Impact of Quran Burnings on Swedish Exports to Muslim Countries}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}