Essays about: "Viktor Åkerström"

Found 2 essays containing the words Viktor Åkerström.

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. Credit expansion – A study of the relation between bank lending and economic growth in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Viktor Åkerström; [2015]
   Keywords : Bank lending; Economic growth; Financial stability; Granger causality test; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : A non-Granger causality test between bank lending and different economic performance measures represented by the real economy, real assets and the financial economy is conducted on Sweden. To capture for the effects of structural changes in the economy, a long period is analyzed (142 years) and two types of tests are made, one for the short- run and one for the long-run. READ MORE