Search for dissertations about: "The cointegrated VAR model"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words The cointegrated VAR model.
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1. VAR Models, Cointegration and Mixed-Frequency Data
Abstract : This thesis consists of five papers that study two aspects of vector autoregressive (VAR) modeling: cointegration and mixed-frequency data.Paper I develops a method for estimating a cointegrated VAR model under restrictions implied by the economy under study being a small open economy. READ MORE
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2. Growth and Business Cycles -Swedish Manufacturing Industry 1952-2001
Abstract : This study shows that the mechanisms behind knowledge accumulation and the sources of productivity growth differ from industry to industry depending on what is produced and what technology is used. Although it is apparent to most researchers in the field that the only way to explain long-run growth in output per capita is through technological progress and accumulation of knowledge that counteract the dampening effect of diminishing returns, we are still in the dark about how such mechanisms operate. READ MORE
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3. Macroeconometric Studies of Private Consumption, Government Debt and Real Exchange Rates
Abstract : Advances in time series analysis during the last two decades have stimulated research in a number of areas in macroeconomics. This thesis is a compilation of five essays using cointegrated vector autoregressive (VAR) models, unit root tests and regime switching models to investigate the behavior of private consumption, public debt and the real exchange rate. READ MORE
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4. Monte Carlo Results for Bootstrap Tests in Systems with Integrated-Cointegrated Variables
Abstract : When we study the properties of a test procedure, two aspects are of prime importance. Firstly, we wish to know if the actual size of the test (i.e., the probability of rejecting the null when true) is close to the nominal size (used for calculating the critical values). READ MORE
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5. Macroeconomic Studies on Fiscal Policy and Real Exchange Rates
Abstract : This thesis contains four empirical macroeconomic studies and the papers may briefly be summarized as follows. In the first paper, we use both descriptive statistics and regression analysis to investigate whether movements in real exchange rates and money supply before and during fiscal contractions matter for the macroeconomic outcome. READ MORE