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1. 1. Oil price shocks and trade

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Viktor Åkerström; Simon Ljungqvist; [2016]
   Keywords : Oil price shocks; trade balance; VAR; Orthogonalized Impulse Response Functions; Euro area; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study aims to examine the effects of oil price shocks on the overall trade- and the non-oil trade balances for ten oil-importing Euro area countries. Theory suggests that the effects from an oil price shock on the oil component of the trade balance for oil importers is negative, but that the effect on the non-oil component is positive. READ MORE

3. 2. Current account imbalances in the European Union - Can convergence and competitiveness explain the intra-EU current account imbalances

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Simon Ljungqvist; Johan Eberhard; [2015]
   Keywords : Intra-EU current account imbalances; convergence; competitiveness; EMU; financial crisis; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The current account within the EU has been balanced on an aggregate level; nevertheless divergences among the members have increased since the introduction of the common currency. This thesis aims to explain the intra-EU current account imbalances (in the period 1993-2013) through the convergence and competitiveness hypothesis. READ MORE