Essays about: "conditional convergence"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the words conditional convergence.

  1. 6. Catch-Up with Me if You Can: An empirical analysis of convergence of carbon emission intensity in the EU power sector

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Karl Sundblad; Sean Tay; [2019]
    Keywords : carbon emission intensity; EU power sector; stochastic convergence; beta-convergence; environmental economics;

    Abstract : The anthropogenic impact on climate change is discernible and the power sector is known to be one of the main contributors of greenhouse gas emissions. This thesis takes a cross-country sectoral approach with the overall objective of analyzing convergence of carbon emission intensity in electricity generation across the power sectors in the EU. READ MORE

  3. 7. Financial integration and international asset pricing of Chinese stock markets

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Ho Wai NG; Weiwei Zhu; [2018]
    Keywords : Financial integration; International asset pricing; Emerging Market Finance;

    Abstract : Our analysis draws several meaningful findings. First, we find that there is predictability of Chinese stock market return on latent variables which include common and local specific information. We also find that the conditional volatility and local price of risk are time varying for China. READ MORE

  4. 8. Automatized GARCH parameter estimation

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Dennis Sundström; [2017]
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    Abstract : This paper is about automatizing parameter estimation of GARCH type conditional volatility models for the sake of using it in an automated risk monitoring system. Many challenges arise with this task such as guaranteeing convergence, being able to yield reasonable results regardless of the quality of the data, accuracy versus speed of the algorithm to name a few. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Demographic Dividend and Institutions: A Comparison of Asia and Latin America

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Angelica Harrysson; [2016]
    Keywords : Demographic dividend; Economic growth; Demography; Institutions; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between the demographic dividend and institutions. The aim is to make an attempt of attaining further knowledge about the requirements for obtaining a demographic dividend. This is done through the comparison of Asian countries and South American countries. READ MORE

  6. 10. Convergence Performance of Information Theoretic Similarity Measures for Robust Matching

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Apphiah Justice Kabata; [2016]
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    Abstract : Image matching is an area of significant use in the medical field, as there is a need to match images captured with different modalities, to overcome the limitation that can occur when dealing with individual modalities. However, performing matching of multimodal images may not be a trivial task. READ MORE