Essays about: "monetary policy"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 338 essays containing the words monetary policy.

  1. 36. Central Banks' Effect on Bitcoin Returns: An Event Study

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Filip Lundqvist; Christian Olivefors; [2022-07-08]
    Keywords : Event Study; Bitcoin; Efficient Market Hypothesis; Cryptocurrency; Monetary Policy Tool; Blockchain;

    Abstract : Bitcoin has become established in the financial system and has a volatile price development. Lacking trust in the financial system and monetary policy has led to increased adoption of Bitcoin. The regulation of Bitcoin can be hard to succeed with. The thesis will study the impact of central bank statements from ECB and FED on Bitcoin’s returns. READ MORE

  3. 37. Determinants of Mergers & Acquisitions Activity : A quantitative study on public Swedish firms

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Hjalmar Johnson; Carl Scherstén; [2022]
    Keywords : mergers acquisitions; activity; monetary policy; repo rate; quantitative easing; solvency; liquidity; industry; pecking-order theory; trade-off theory; agency theory;

    Abstract : This study investigates the effect of monetary policy, focusing on repo rate and the expansion of QE programs, on Mergers and Acquisitions activity in publicly listed companies on the Swedish Stock Exchange. The study also investigates whether there are significant relationships between companies’ acquisition activity, their solvency or liquidity ratios. READ MORE

  4. 38. Decomposing the Consumption Response to Monetary Policy Shocks in Australia

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jessica Geraghty; [2022]
    Keywords : Consumption; Household heterogeneity; Income distribution; Marginal propensity to consume; Monetary policy transmission;

    Abstract : Does monetary policy affect households differently depending on their position on the income distribution? If so, what drives the differences? This paper attempts to answer these questions by decomposing changes in consumption following a monetary policy shock into several direct and indirect channels of transmission. Although direct channels of transmission are the most important in traditional representative agent models, the indirect channels are dominant when households are heterogeneous. READ MORE

  5. 39. Inflation and Quantitative Tightening - A theoretical assessment of contractionary monetary policy and real economic activity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Carl Sandström; [2022]
    Keywords : Inflation; Unconventional Monetary Policy; Real Economic Activity; DSGE; The U.S Economy; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Following the associated lockdown measures of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the world economy started facing inflationary pressures from a surge in energy prices and supply chain disruptions at the end of 2021. Given the economic environment with low inflation and expansionary monetary policy following the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), central banks around the world have built up large balance sheets following the unconventional measure called Quantitative Easing (QE). READ MORE

  6. 40. Explaining the dynamics of exchange rate volatility

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jacob Tjerneld; Hampus Lööw; [2022]
    Keywords : Exchange Rates; Volatility; GARCH; Heteroskedasticity; Time Series Analysis.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research examines the volatility of the Swedish krona in regards to the Euro and US-dollar exchange rate, using both daily and monthly data ranging from the beginning of 2000 until 2022. Using this time span allows us to update previous literature on exchange rate volatility, and also incorporates recent economic events such as the great financial crisis of 2008, the 2020 covid-pandemic and the geopolitical uncertainty in Europe following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. READ MORE