Browsing Läänemere regiooni uuringute õppekava magistritööd – Master´s theses by Issue Date
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The role of investment environment and incentives in attracting foreign direct investments
(Tartu Ülikool, 2007)The objective of this thesis was to analyse investment environment and the incentive schemes in the four transition countries Estonia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova. The outcome of the broad analysis of investment environment ... -
Human rights analysis of homosexuality. Focus study: Estonia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2009)My thesis has three main foci: the history of homosexuality, the social acceptance of the homosexuals and the treatment of homosexuality in the legislation, all these issues will be investigated and exemplified by means ... -
Diffuse support and budget deficit: Evidence from Estonia and Hungary
(Tartu Ülikool, 2010)The current paper investigates why persistent differences exist among countries in their ability to pursue disciplined fiscal policy. It contributes to the literature that emphasizes the importance of multidisciplinary ... -
Economics of corruption: game-theoretic modelling of traffic police bribery in transition countries
(Tartu Ülikool, 2010)Jain argued in 2001 that the focus of future corruption studies should be (1) to “build a comprehensive models of how corruption works at the micro as well as at the macro levels” (p.101) and (2) subject the models to ... -
Electricity market liberalization, price stability, and energy security: the case of Estonia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2010)The efficacy of this thesis‘ hypothesis, given the competing effects of liberalization on each of the components of the energy security model proposed in the theoretical framework in Chapter 1, cannot be evaluated. Each ... -
Factors influencing the climate policy in the European Union: the case of Estonia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2010)The analysis of the Estonian case shows that climate policy in the European Union can not be considered independently. The test of three hypotheses has shown interconnections with other related issues that must be taken ... -
Eurozone membership for Central and Eastern Europe an application of the optimum currency area theory
(Tartu Ülikool, 2011)The accession of the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe to the European Union has placed a legal obligation on them to relinquish their national currencies and adopt the euro. This dissertation applies ... -
Reform of secondary education in post-communist Estonia: advancing or dismantling social cohesion
(Tartu Ülikool, 2011)The concept of integration in the most basic of senses refers to intermixing of groups of people that were previously segregated. Estonia, as the focal point of this study as opposed to another post-Soviet nation, is unique ... -
“Securing our Survival (SOS)”: non-state actors and the campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Convention through the prism of securitisation theory
(Tartu Ülikool, 2011)Largely ignored throughout the 1990s, nuclear disarmament is again a topic for mainstream debate. Starting from 2007, when influential political figures began to voice arguments in favour of a nuclear-weapon-free world, ... -
Framework build-up of FDI entry mode selection for China’s state-owned enterprise in EU
(Tartu Ülikool, 2011)In the recent years, the world saw a rapid expansion of China’s foreign direct investment (FDI). From the start of the new century, EU as one of the world’s largest economies has enjoyed rocketing growth of FDI inflow from ... -
Factors influencing mobility of teachers from Harjumaa and Ida-Virumaa regions in the frame of lifelong learning programme Comenius
(Tartu Ülikool, 2011)Teacher mobility is a process with old routes in the history, but its importance was emphasized only in the past 25 years, once education sector of member states became an important subject on European agenda. The interest ... -
Political textbooks in a political world: a case-study of an Estonian history textbook
(Tartu Ülikool, 2011)In the 1990s, the Estonian state was characterized by a relatively rapidly developing political scene. The developments occurred in such a short time period as to render the national history textbook ineffective and thus ... -
Europeanisation, globalisation, and unconventional energy: a stepwise comparison of telecommunications and energy in Estonia and Poland, 1990-2011
(Tartu Ülikool, 2012)To what extent did Europeanisation matter in the policy transformation telecommunications and energy of new member states? While Europeanisation literature has traced the EU’s influence during the accession period, the ... -
Foreign direct investment in Estonia: a source of productivity spillovers and local industrial development?
(Tartu Ülikool, 2012)Foreign direct investment and its effect on host countries have been much discussed topics in both academia and the public policy sphere. They likely will remain on the agenda in the future to come as states continue to ... -
German and French constructions of European identity - overcoming the Eastern vs. Western divide? A media analysis for the case of Estonia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2012)This Master dissertation analyses the dynamics of German and French construction of European identity with regard to the inclusion of the East-European EU member states on the case of Estonia. The analysis is oriented ... -
Public opinion-building in mass media: a media analysis of Estonia's nuclear energy debate in 2011
(Tartu Ülikool, 2012)The partial meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima power plant in 2011 has spread more than radiation: It caused a wave of dispute in many countries about the use of nuclear energy and forced those countries to re-evaluate their ... -
The cultural influence on decision-making processes in ICT companies: case studies of Brazil and Estonia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2013)The ICT (Information and Communication Technology) companies have been powering the global market since its existence and today it represents the most preeminent industry of the 21st century. Having this sector in the ...
