Flames of Controversy - Investigating the Impact of Quran Burnings on Swedish Exports to Muslim Countries
(2024) NEKN01 20241Department 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
- 2024
- 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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