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  1. 1. Looking Back, Moving Forward : The 2007-09 Financial Crisis in the light of the 1990s Financial Crisis in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Katarina Heimer; [2022]
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    Abstract : The aim of this thesis, is through a qualitative research strategy and thematic data-approach, guided by the policy learning process theoretical framework to establish how the lessons from the 1990s financial crisis influenced the stabilization policies of the Swedish Riksbank during the 2007-09 financial crisis, and what effects the 2007-09 financial crisis had on the Riksbank’s stabilization policies to date. By analysing primary sources of policymakers and economists, this thesis finds that Sweden was successful in its 2007-09 crisis management, because it had learnt important lessons from its own past, namely, the severe financial crisis of the 1990s. READ MORE