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  1. 1. Beyond the Crisis: A Safe Haven Analysis : Empirical Insights into the Divergence of Gold and Bonds for Portfolio Hedging

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Anthony Baugi; Eugene Zhang; [2024]
    Keywords : Gold; Bonds; Safe Haven; Hedging; US Treasury; Volatility; Covid; Portfolio Theory; Asset Dynamics; Fiscal Policy; Monetary Policy; Financial Crisis; Asset Management; Risk Management; Portfolio Risk;

    Abstract : Purpose: This thesis investigates the relationship concerning traditional safe haven assets, gold and US 10-year treasury bonds during periods of market instability, specifically during the economic concerns raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. It assesses the hedging and safe haven properties of these assets and their dynamic nature throughout two periods of unconventional monetary and fiscal policy measures by the Federal Reserve & US Congress respectively. READ MORE

  3. 2. Green Bonding With Finance : What Motivated the Swedish Government to Issue a Green Bond?

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

    Author : Patrik Witkowsky; [2022]
    Keywords : Green Bonds; Green Transition; Government Debt Policy; Modern Monetary Theory; Sustainable Finance and Investment;

    Abstract : This study explores the increasingly popular government practice of issuing green bonds. By interviewing individuals involved in the development of the Swedish green government bond issued in 2020, and examining key documents, it provides an in-depth understanding of the motivations driving a government to issue a green bond. READ MORE

  4. 3. Dichotomies of Utility : Experiences of Refugee Reception and Demographic Challenges in Rural Sweden

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Axel Andersson; [2020]
    Keywords : political economy; integration; demographics; refugee reception; macroeconomics; citizenship; welfare; rural municipalities; Modern Monetary Theory;

    Abstract : In the years immediately following the so-called “refugee crisis”, Swedish municipalities that had received many refugees improved their financial position in a quite remarkable way. Overall, 2016 might have been the best financial year ever for the municipal sector. READ MORE

  5. 4. The earthship concept : a building technique and subculture aiming towards environmentally conscious-change

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Economics

    Author : Martin Ekvall; [2019]
    Keywords : do it yourself; earthship; green construction; sustainable buildings;

    Abstract : I will in this master thesis study a building concept called Earthship. Designed to be autonomous, built out-of earth, tires and as much reused material as possible in order to be a self-sufficient, environmental friendly building that transcends monthly payments for its inhabitants. READ MORE

  6. 5. Setting the Pace of Capitalism - A Post-Keynesian Perspective on Interest and Profits as a Monetary Phenomenon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Tune Nielsen; [2017]
    Keywords : History of economic thought; post-Keynesianism; monetary theory of interest; endogenous money; Silvio Gesell; John Maynard Keynes; Knut Wicksell; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Financial markets turn all their attention towards the Federal Reserve Bank and the European Central Bank whenever there are the slightest rumors of a change in the policy rate of interest. But why is this rate so important and what is the theoretical basis of its existence in the first place? In modern economic literature theories of interest are rarely explicitly touched upon and interest is often simply taken for granted in most textbooks. READ MORE