Does Bad News Affect Trade?
(2020) NEKN01 20202Department 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
- 2020
- 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
@misc{9031549, 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}}, }