Essays about: "productivity shock"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words productivity shock.

  1. 1. RBC with Endogenous Health

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Linnéa Ekberg; Rasmus Grehn; [2023]
    Keywords : Business cycle; Health; Health investment; Time allocation;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the limited literature on RBC models with endogenous health accumulation. To this end, we develop an infinitely lived agent model with endogenous health, productivity shocks, and health shocks. Health is conceptualized as a capital stock in accordance with the Grossman model. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Effect of Natural Resource Shocks on Violence, Crime, and Drug Cartels Presence in Mexico

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Miriam Cavazos Hernandez; Balasurya Sivakumar; [2022]
    Keywords : Natural Resources; Conflict; Mexico; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : We examine the effect of natural resource shocks on violence by drug cartels at the municipality level in rural Mexico from 2003 to 2017. For this, we use an Instrumental Variable setup by instrumenting our main explanatory variable vegetation density with rainfall. READ MORE

  4. 3. Wage Adjustment and Wage Rigidity: Industrial Empirical Analysis of Swedish Economy

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jiechao Sheng; [2022]
    Keywords : wage rigidity; labour productivity; labour market tightness; vacancies; productivity shock;

    Abstract : The main goal of this article is to estimate how the aggregate wage level is determined by the labour productivity and labour market tightness, as well as how the wage is adjusted, at industry level. I collect monthly data from ten industries in Sweden over 2019-2021, and I use an ordinary-least- square method to set up the regression. READ MORE

  5. 4. M&A during a pandemic – Alterations of processes A case study on a Swedish strategic serial acquirer in the tech industry

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Vanja Amin; Anton vom Hofe; [2021-06-24]
    Keywords : M A; process alterations; Covid-19; external shocks; asymmetric information;

    Abstract : Through a single case study, we expand on pre-existing M&A research by examining how M&A processes have been affected by the increased information asymmetry as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and what implications it will have on these processes going forward. By conducting a case study on a strategic serial acquirer in the technology industry, this thesis shed light on how firms within this industry react towards such a market shock and alter processes in order to adapt to the new circumstances. READ MORE

  6. 5. Consumption Shifting, Working from Home, and the Hidden Losers of Infection Mitigation in Pandemic Times

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Adam J:son Lindh; Wilmer Niva Printz; [2021]
    Keywords : COVID-19; infinitely lived agents; heterogeneous agents; inequality;

    Abstract : We construct a heterogeneous agent model exploring the intersection of economic behavior and epidemiological risk during a pandemic. The model combines realistic infection dynamics with an economic block where utility maximizing agents shift behavior to avoid infection risk. READ MORE