Essays about: "exchange rate movements"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 essays containing the words exchange rate movements.

  1. 1. Currency and Valuation Effects on Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Filip Vennerström; Madeleine Peters; [2024]
    Keywords : Firm valuation; Cross-Border M A; Foreign Direct Investment; Currency Devaluation and M A; Exchange Rate Impact and M A;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the impact of micro- and macroeconomic factors on cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) decisions, focusing on the influence of currency movements and firm valuations. Employing a quantitative approach, it examines foreign investors' attitudes towards economies with depreciating currencies, hypothesizing that firms in financially stronger countries are more likely to acquire firms in weaker economies. READ MORE

  3. 2. How does the Weakened Swedish Krona Impact the Inflation? A Bayesian VAR Analysis of Exchange Rate Pass-Through

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ebba Wallin; [2023]
    Keywords : Exchange rate pass-through; Consumer price inflation; Frequency of price adjustment; Import price inflation; Bayesian vector autoregression; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Exchange rate pass-through to prices differ depending on the underlying shock. Furthermore, the mechanisms causing inflation behave diversely, conditional on why the exchange rate fluctuates. This paper investigates how prices react relative to the exchange rate movements, i.e. READ MORE

  4. 3. Exchange Rate and Equity Market Dependence under Shifts in Volatility Expectations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Vilhelm Samuelsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Exchange rates; Equity markets; Volatility; ARMA-GARCH; Copula; Exchange rate determination; Safe-haven; Portfolio rebalancing; Return chasing; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : Exchange rate movements have important implications for both policy makers and investors, as they can have large effects on the real economy and the return on investments. Lately, their relation to capital flows have attracted growing interest due to the failure of macroeconomic fundamentals to explain them. READ MORE

  5. 4. How does unexpected news about employment affect the exchange rate?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Otto Aspemo; Joel Grönblad; [2023]
    Keywords : Central Bank; Employment Change; Exchange Rate; Interest Rate Differential; Monetary Policy; UncoveredInterest Rate Parity Condition;

    Abstract : The research conducted intends to examine how unexpected changes in employment may affect both exchange rates and interest rates. The results used in the analysis are extracted by running two ordinary least squares regressions with data structured as an unbalanced panel. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Sensitivity of Banks' Stock Returns to the interest rate risk and exchange rate risk: A Case Study of Germany and South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Priscilla Yayra Kpoti-Mayor; Rutendo Yvonne Musimwa; [2022]
    Keywords : Bank s Stock Returns Interest rate Exchange Rate Germany South Africa; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to interrogate the single and joint effect interest and exchange rate movements have on banks’ stock returns. This study also aims to compare the volatility of the banks’ stock returns for countries in different markets using both the short and long-term interest rate and the respective exchange rates. READ MORE