Essays about: "spillovers"

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  1. 16. ECONOMIC CRISES AND CRIME : The Effects of the Great Recession on Swedish Crime Rates

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jakob Granath; [2021]
    Keywords : economic crises; economic crisis; crime; crime rates; crisis severity;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the impact of the 2008's financial crisis on local crime rates in Sweden. I deploy a difference-in-differences approach that contrasts the changes in reported crimes between municipalities that are more or less crisis-exposed. The results show no significant effect on any crime category nor the aggregate crime rate. READ MORE

  2. 17. The Effects of Non-Compete Agreements Enforceability on Entrepreneurship in the United States, 1995-2011

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Yotam Sofer; [2020]
    Keywords : Non-compete agreements; NCA; current population survey; CPS; business dynamics statistics; DBS; Firms starts; start-ups; Silicon-Valley; Route 128; knowledge spillovers; state-year variation; Difference-in-difference; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Restrictions of future employment in the form of non-compete agreements (agreements that restrict an employee from joining, forming, associating, or starting a competing firm) are commonly used in the American labor market. Yet their effects on entrepreneurship is not fully understood. READ MORE

  3. 18. Dependence Structures between Commodity Futures and Corresponding Producer Indices across Varying Market Conditions : A cross-quantilogram approach

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Elin Borg; Ilya Kits; [2020]
    Keywords : Commodity futures contracts; Commodity producer index; Cross-quantilogram; Dependence structures; Spillovers; Tail dependence;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the dependence structures between commodity futures and corresponding commodity producer equity indices in bearish, bullish and normal market conditions. We study commodity futures and producer indices in the energy, precious metals, gold and agriculture commodity markets using daily return data that ranges from 16 December 2005 to 28 June 2019. READ MORE

  4. 19. Does US-China Trade War Cause Decoupling on Agricultural Trading? Evidence from Spillovers in Soybean Meal Futures Markets

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Yuwei Pei; Zhangya Zhou; [2020]
    Keywords : Trade war; Soybean meal; Price transmission; Risk spillover;

    Abstract : This thesis is designed to study the impacts of the US-China trade war on the agricultural trading between the two countries. Through the empirical research on the price and risk spillover effects, the evidence from the soybean meal futures markets are found out. READ MORE

  5. 20. Business Cycle Phases and Their Transitional Dynamics in the Euro Area: A Markov-Switching Approach with Time-Varying Transition Probabilities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Oscar Krumlinde; [2020]
    Keywords : Business cycle; Markov-switching; Euro Area; Currency Union;

    Abstract : This thesis studies business cycle synchronisation in the euro area by examining business cycle phases and how their transitional dynamics are affected by bilateral spillovers. By using a two-state and a three-state Markov-switching model with time-varying transition probabilities it is possible to show that certain EA-12 countries' business cycles are informative in regards to detecting business cycle phase changes in other EA-12 countries. READ MORE