Essays about: "Swedish GDP growth"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 64 essays containing the words Swedish GDP growth.

  1. 41. The New Silk Road : Swedish Apparel Companies’ Challenges in China’s Market

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Xin Luo; [2014]
    Keywords : China’s standard of textiles and apparel; global textile value chain; Swedish Apparel Company; China’s market;

    Abstract : Background and problem: As one of the major emerging markets, China has alarge population, stable growth in GDP and increased consumer spending powerwhich has attracted the whole world’s retail business. Many international clothingbrands have increased investment or speeded up the pace into the China’s market (Chen et al., 2007; Cui 2000). READ MORE

  2. 42. Economic and Business cycle indicators : Accuracy, reliability and consistency of Swedish indicators

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics

    Author : Martina Karlsson; Helen Orselius; [2014]
    Keywords : Economic indicators; Business cycle indicators; GDP growth; stability; financial crisis;

    Abstract : Background: Economic and Business cycle indicators are used when predicting a country’s Gross Domestic Products, GDP. During recent time, Purchasing Managers Index and its ability to signal changes in the economy have received attention. It provides inconsistent signals since the financial crisis in 2008. READ MORE

  3. 43. FORECASTING WITH MIXED FREQUENCY DATA:MIDAS VERSUS STATE SPACE DYNAMIC FACTOR MODEL : AN APPLICATION TO FORECASTING SWEDISH GDP GROWTH

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Örebro Universitet

    Author : Yu Chen; [2013]
    Keywords : mixed frequency data; MIDAS regression; state space model; dynamic factor model; Swedish GDP growth;

    Abstract : Most macroeconomic activity series such as Swedish GDP growth are collected quarterly while an important proportion of time series are recorded at a higher frequency. Thus, policy and business decision makers are often confront with the problems of forecasting and assessing current business and economy state via incomplete statistical data due to publication lags. READ MORE

  4. 44. Hard Times on Main Street, High Times on Church Street: Religious Activity and the State of the Economy

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Alice Nyman; Jakob Nyström; [2013]
    Keywords : Religiosity; Church attendance; Church membership growth; The business cycle; Recession;

    Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between the business cycle and religious activity. Using Swedish and Norwegian data on Protestant denomination membership, and data on religious service attendance in the Church of Sweden, we test if religious activity is positively affected by an economic crisis or recession. READ MORE

  5. 45. Estimating Okun's coefficient in the Swedish Economy

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Marika Källman; Hugo Nordell; [2012-03-27]
    Keywords : Okun s law; seasonal adjustments of data; GDP; NAIRU; unemployment rate; economic growth;

    Abstract : This study takes a look at Okun's law och tries to determine whether or not it is applicable to the Swedish economy. Okun's law is a veri ed statistical relationship between economic growth and unemployment, rst described and popularised by Arthur in the early 1960's. READ MORE