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  1. 1. Determinants of Inflation - Evidence from Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Gustav Sundén; Emanuel Skeppås; [2022]
    Keywords : Bayesian Vector Autoregression; Structural Vector Autoregression; New Keynesian Phillips Curve; Inflation; Sign and Zero Restrictions; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines what have been the main drivers of inflation in Sweden in recent years. This is done through the New Keynesian Phillips Curve with marginal cost which serves as the theoretical background to explain inflationary behavior. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cognitive ability and transitory productivity shocks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erika Kankkunen; [2019]
    Keywords : productivity shock; weather shocks; cognitive ability;

    Abstract : People who live in rural areas in low-income countries not only live in poverty, they also have to deal with an extremely variable income. In the absence of a well-functioning credit market, these fluctuations can be costly for households. READ MORE

  4. 3. Market integration and price transmission : analysis on Ethiopian sesame seed export

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Addis Abera Ayalew; [2018]
    Keywords : commodity market; market integration; price transmission; cointegration; VECM;

    Abstract : This study investigates how the Ethiopian sesame seed export market is integrated to selected reference markets in China and the US. Cointegration and vector error-correction model (VECM) are employed using monthly data over the period 2010 to 2018. READ MORE

  5. 4. Oil price shocks on Swedish economy : Case study on the oil's effect on a small country.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Sebastian Kilic; Filip Bengtsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Oil; GDP; Inflation; Oil price shocks;

    Abstract : We estimate the macroeconomic performance in terms of inflation and GDP growth of Sweden in relations to oil price shocks, focusing on the differences across two periods, pre and post 2008. By using a Vector Error Correction model and linear hypothesis testing we can see short term and long term correlations between the nominal oil price and three dependent variables, GDP, CPI and GDP deflator. READ MORE

  6. 5. Do Managers Overreact to Nature Disaster Evidence from Earthquake Events

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Chengcheng Qu; [2017]
    Keywords : Cash holding; Managerial behavior; Heuristic bias; Earthquake;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the availability heuristic which inflates manager's perception of liquidity risk attributing to earthquake strikes. Employing the financial reporting data of Chinese listed firms, I estimate a fixed-effect model of severe earthquake events and corporate cash holding as the proxy for a firm's self-insurance coverage. READ MORE