Essays about: "Macroeconomic Crises"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 essays containing the words Macroeconomic Crises.
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16. Predictors of financial crises-do we see the same pattern in Sweden?-do we see the same pattern in Sweden?
University essay from Linköpings universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : This paper aims to find macroeconomic and financial variables with ability to predict financial crises. A dataset covering 17 developed countries over the period 1870-2013 have been investigated using a logit model. We found commonly used macroeconomic variables such as terms of trade and consumption to be strong predictors within our sample. READ MORE
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17. Back to a General Theory - An Essay in Persuasion
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Many Western countries experience failing monetary policy after the 2008 financial crisis. The lack of alternatives to established rules, even when they appear to fail, motivates a close look at the economic ideas John Maynard Keynes developed in his crisis-ridden lifetime, to answer the question: What can Keynes' writings contribute to the contemporary macroeconomic discussion? We trace from the publication of the General Theory (1936) until our time how macroeconomics has narrowed down into theoretical consensus, elevating policy recommendations developed in moderate times to an exclusive status of optimality. READ MORE
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18. Do Correlations Between Macroeconomic Variables and Equity Return Change during Volatile Times? : A statistical Analysis with Focus on the Oil Crisis 2014
University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistikAbstract : Every investor place his or her investment with the desire of maximum return with lowest possible risk. To accomplish this desire a good knowledge of how macro variables affect the equity return is important. During the last two decades we have had several crises turning these basics up-side-down. READ MORE
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19. Oil and the Power it EntailsGlobal Interdependence and Macroeconomic Impact
University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggandeAbstract : The study covers oil and the power it entails and focuses on oil interdependence, oil-related conflicts and crises and macroeconomic effects. This thesis aims to examine the global oil industry's trade structure, to clarify the international geopolitical situation in the oil industry, and to analyze the effects of fluctuations in price on a macroeconomic level. READ MORE
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20. The Exposure Puzzle Revisited on the U.S. Stock Market
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This thesis reexamines the exposure puzzle by studying the presence of foreign exchange rate exposure in the U.S. stock market using firms included in the S&P 500 index as of February 2013, and a methodology that attempts to address issues in previous literature. READ MORE