Essays about: "commodity currency"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words commodity currency.

  1. 6. Market analysis for glulam within the Swedish construction sector

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

    Author : Johan Larsson; [2014]
    Keywords : glulam; construction sector; influence; competitive advantage; limträ; byggbranschen; inflytande; konkurrensfördelar ;

    Abstract : Glulam’s position at the Swedish market for building constructions has been established over the past decades. Factors affecting glulam demand are found both in global and national contexts as well in customer attitudes and knowledge of the material. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Pre-war China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jing Hu; [2014]
    Keywords : the silver standard; the exchange channel; the monetary channel; Structural VAR Model; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : When the international monetary system was on the gold standard, China was the only country adhered to the silver standard. Silver functioned as currency in China but acted as commodity in international markets. Its price experienced downturn trend from 57 cents per ounce in January 1929 to 23.38 ounces per ounce in January 1933. READ MORE

  4. 8. Commodity prices and nominal exchange rates: Are they related in commodity import abundant countries?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Margareta Storckenfeldt; Oskar Krönmark; [2009]
    Keywords : Commodity prices; commodity currency; nominal exchange rate; co-integration; Granger causality;

    Abstract : In this paper we investigate if commodity import prices in Korea and Japan have explaining power for their respective exchange rate. We examine this by adding a commodity import price variable to two canonical monetary models. READ MORE

  5. 9. INVESTING IN AN EMERGING MARKET: Systematic risk and fund performance in Russian stock market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Kristian Elonen; Saara Hollmén; [2007]
    Keywords : Emerging markets; systematic market risk; Russian stock market; Russia funds; Eastern Europe funds; fund performance and evaluation;

    Abstract : In this paper, we study systematic risk factors that influence returns in the Russian stock market and investigate how Swedish Russia and Eastern Europe funds have performed and managed their portfolio holdings in an emerging market environment. We find that the Russian stock markets exposure to systematic risk in other emerging markets is high and significant. READ MORE

  6. 10. How Skanska can handle risks due to price fluctuations in commodity markets : Is it Economic Effective to Use a Commodity Hedge?

    University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Andrea Arppe; Fredrik Elfstadius; [2006]
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    Abstract : This thesis is written in commission for Skanska Financial Services (SFS), which is a support unit that services the multinational construction company Skanska AB and Skanska’s Business Units, and coordinates the Group’s relations with financial markets and institutions. Construction companies that undertake construction projects face a number of unique problems. READ MORE