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1. 1. Zero Rates and Zero Benefits?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Samuel Hederén; Sanjin Alagic; [2021]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Ever since the Great Recession in 2008, the effectiveness of monetary policy has been increasingly debated. Central banks in modern economies were forced to find new ways of conducting expansionary monetary policy beyond conventional methods, most notably through quantitative easing and forward guidance, as they were at, or very close to, the zero lower bound of nominal interest rates. READ MORE

3. 2. Is rising inequality related to deteriorating trust?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Olof Bendz; Sanjin Alagic; [2020]
   Keywords : trust; inequality; panel data; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : It is generally agreed upon that social trust is strongly associated with income inequality. However, this conclusion is mainly drawn from cross-country studies, which most likely suffer from endogeneity issues due to unobserved cultural, social and political variables affecting both trust and inequality. READ MORE

4. 3. Can changes in social trust be explained by inequality?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Olof Bendz; Sanjin Alagic; [2019]
   Keywords : social trust; inequality; time series; Social Sciences; Business and Economics; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This paper aims to investigate the development of social trust over time globally, as well as separately for continents and countries. This is done by using data from six different surveys and through an interpolation method making the survey measures comparable, resulting in a long and continuous data set. READ MORE