Essays about: "Svante Midander"

Found 2 essays containing the words Svante Midander.

1. 1. Estimating the Swedish Phillips Relationship in a Markov-Switching Vector Autoregression

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Svante Midander; Sebastjan Wassermeyer; [2015]
   Keywords : Markov-switching; Phillips curve; Vector autoregression; Inflation expectations; Non-linear time series models;

   Abstract : The Swedish Phillips relationship was recently examined by Svensson (2015), who found that the long-run trade-off is downward-sloping. Hence, there is an unemployment cost of inflation. He argues that this has occurred because inflation expectations are anchored to the inflation target, while average inflation has deviated from the target. READ MORE

3. 2. Hyperbolic Discounting and Job Search

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Svante Midander; Björn Skanke; [2011]
   Keywords : Hyperbolic discounting; Unemployment; Job search; Reservation wage; Discounting function;

   Abstract : The theory of hyperbolic discounting can explain why people procrastinate. We test our hypothesis that people do have hyperbolic preferences by studying data describing the job search behavior among unemployed Swedish persons. READ MORE