Essays about: "Common currency area"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Common currency area.
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1. The Swedish way: Turning down a common currency and its effects on economic development
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis aims at evaluating the Swedish decision not to adopt the euro even though this is thought to bear economic benefits. In particular, my research confronts the question: What would have been Sweden’s economic development if the country would have adopted the euro in 1999? By taking advantage of the synthetic control method, I scrutinize the potential developments of both, Sweden’s bilateral trade flows and unemployment rate, respectively. READ MORE
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2. What Drives Invoicing Currency Choices
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper examines the effects of key macroeconomic and trade variables on invoicing currency patterns. Departing from common model assumptions of complete local currency pricing or partner country pricing, the existing analytical and empirical literature suggests a range of macroeconomic and strategic determinants of internationally trading actors’ currency usage. READ MORE
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3. Taxation of individuals holding cryptocurrencies in Europe : Comparative analysis of Germany, France and Italy
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Modern technologies change economic relations in society and gradually transform the legislative framework. Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies are probably one of the most striking examples. READ MORE
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4. EMPTYING THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS A quantitative analysis of the link between the Eurozone crisis and declining worker productivity in the Greek economy
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the causes of Greece’s worker productivity decline in the aftermath of the euro crisis. Through the employment of three groups of time-series regressions, the empirical analysis of the thesis demonstrates that: 1) there exists an unambiguous correlation between the unfolding of the euro crisis and Greece’s declining worker productivity – a correlation which is entirely disconnected from the progression of the country’s competitiveness; 2) the progression of the crisis is intimately correlated with Greece’s recent surge in human capital emigration; and 3) this outflow of human capital-rich workers may explain a large portion of Greece’s worker productivity decline since 2008. READ MORE
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5. A CURRENCY UNION’S EFFECT ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE - EMU membership effect on international trade for Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta and Slovakia
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : This thesis investigates if there is an increase in international trade from joining a currency union. This is done by looking at the European Monetary Union with a focus on four countries that became members in 2007-2009: Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta and Slovakia. READ MORE
