Taking GDP growth and inflation as endogenous variables, this paper employs a Structural VAR from Baumeister and Hamilton (2015, 2019) to identify aggregate demand and aggregate supply shocks for Bhutan, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic. The results suggest that 94 percent of the GDP growth plunge in 2020 is attributable to a fall in aggregate supply. The higher inflation during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 also implies a negative supply shock. Although the magnitudes differ, characterizing the COVID-19 pandemic in Bhutan as a supply shock coincides with preceding episodes that were also primarily driven by supply shocks.

In the study of blast waves from a finite sphere, it has been observed that in addition to the primary strong shock wave ahead of the driving gas, a second shock also forms inside of this driving gas. This formation of the second shock will invalidate all the existing theories of blast waves in that an additional non-isentropic region actually exists inside of the interface between the driven and the driving gas. This thesis investigates the behavior of this second shock and the resultant flow patterns. / Ph. D.

LD2668 .T4 1966 T985 / Master of Science

published_or_final_version / Civil Engineering / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / abstract / Biochemistry / Master / Master of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / abstract / Ecology and Biodiversity / Master / Master of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Surgery / Master / Master of Medical Sciences

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