Essays about: "Interest Rates"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 613 essays containing the words Interest Rates.

  1. 21. 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

  3. 22. Zombie firms and a low-interest environment - an empirical analysis of ultra-low interest rates in relation to the surviving of inefficient firms in the nordic region

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Nelly Åkesson; Sandra Rosdahl; [2023]
    Keywords : Interest rates; zombie firms; central banks; unconventional monetary policy; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between ultra-low interest rates and the amount of zombie firms using panel data for Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland over the period 2007-2020 in a multivariable regression model. Specifically, the questions addressed are: is there a relationship between the interest rate and the amount of zombie firms? Could it be concluded that the amount of zombie firms increases during periods of low interest rates? This study documents a statistically significant relationship between ultra low interest rates, i. READ MORE

  4. 23. A Lagom Level of Debt: Swedish household indebtedness in the 21st century

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sebastian Krook; [2023]
    Keywords : household debt; debt-to-income ratio; mortgage; financial stability; Financial Accelerator; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the causes of rising household and particularly mortgage debt in Sweden between 1995 and 2020. It aims to contribute to the understanding of institutional factors behind increasing debt, such as policy regulating lending. READ MORE

  5. 24. Transnationalism challenges  of Saccos through diaspora accounts : Evidence from a Kenyan Emerging markets

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU

    Author : Vinicky Odongo; [2023]
    Keywords : Internationalization; Saccos; challenges; diaspora accounts; remitances;

    Abstract : A lot of empirical research has been done on Savings and credit cooperative Societies in Kenya for decades but majority have focused more on the challenges that these Sacco’s face. Most of these research have focused on finding ways of increasing the competitiveness of these Sacco’s within a certain geographical region. READ MORE

  6. 25. INTEREST EXPENSES & FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION : A panel data study on 6 European countries under 3 different interest rate regimes

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Henrik Östlund; [2023]
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    Abstract : This study aims to add analysis and discussion to how rising interest expenses affect fixed capital formation in different sectors in 6 heavy manufacturing European countries. To do this, firm-specific investment ratios are evaluated on firms with different financial stabilities and capital intensities in relation to firm-specific implied interest rates experienced from Q1 2017 to Q4 2022. READ MORE