Essays about: "euro zone"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words euro zone.

  1. 1. Moral Hazard and Banking Risk, a Euro Area Analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Emanuel Skeppås; [2023]
    Keywords : Moral Hazard; Capital regulation; Risk; Ownership Influence; Bank Charter; Profitability; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The study investigates the effects of capital regulations on risk-taking within the Euro- zone banking sector from 2013 to 2019, specifically focusing on the impact of moral hazard stemming from bank charter value and ownership influence. Previous research suggests both bank charters and ownership influence can prompt different risk behaviours and po- tentially influence the effectiveness of capital regulations. READ MORE

  3. 2. Central Banks and Government Debt - Are central banks monetizing debt?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Herman Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : government debt; short-term interest rate; monetary policy; monetizing debt; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper aims to determine if central banks have been monetizing the government debt. That is the case if a higher government debt is associated with low short-term interest rate. The goal for central banks monetizing debt is to increase inflation, therefore decreasing the size of government debt. Three hypotheses are constructed. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Lingering Ravages of Colonialism : A Case study of neocolonialism through Cooperation Agreements in Cote D’Ivoire, and its impact on growth and development.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Fairuzah Munaaya Atchulo; [2021]
    Keywords : Neocolonialism; Colonialism; Extractive institutions; France; Cote D’Ivoire; Cooperation Agreements; France-Ivorian Cooperation Agreements; Dependency; African growth; and development;

    Abstract : It has been over sixty (60) years since decolonization in Africa. In years gone by, a pattern has emerged of former French colonies being marginally worse off than their British counterparts. Britain and France as the two most dominant colonial powers in Africa allows for these comparisons in growth and development to be made. READ MORE

  5. 4. Highway to Hell? : Evaluating the effect of environmental policy on emissions from the Swedish truck fleet

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Eleanor Johansson; [2019]
    Keywords : Transportation; Low emissions zones; Environmental policy; Trucks; Clean technology; Command and control policy; Euro classification; Transport; Miljözon; Miljöpolitik; Lastbilar; Ren teknologi; Euro klassifikation;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine the emissions from the Swedish truck fleet between 2007- 2014. By descriptive analysis the emissions of NOx, PM, HC and CO are found to decrease at the truck level, the firm level and municipal level. READ MORE

  6. 5. The MAX effect and what drives it - Evidence from the Swedish stock market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Alexander Helmy; Karl Hellgren; [2015]
    Keywords : MAX effect; ; lottery-type stocks; cross-sectional return predictability; individual investor purchasing behavior;

    Abstract : Inspired by previous findings on the cross-sectional relationship between extreme positive daily stock returns and subsequent negative returns in the US and euro-zone markets, we search for its presence in the Swedish market. We argue that this effect, known as the MAX effect, is mainly driven by individual investors seeking lottery-like payoffs. READ MORE