Search for dissertations about: "balance sheet effects"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words balance sheet effects.

2. 1. Empirical essays on macro-financial linkages

   Author : Ola Melander; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : How do financial variables, such as firms’ cash flow and banks’ capital, affect macroeconomic variables, such as investment and GDP growth? What are the macroeconomic effects of exchange rate depreciation in countries where firms and households have extensive foreign-currency liabilities? The doctoral thesis Empirical Essays on Macro-Financial Linkages consists of four separate papers in the field of empirical macroeconomics. The first three papers investigate the macroeconomic implications of financial-market imperfections. READ MORE

4. 2. Banks, Shocks and Monetary Policy

   Author : Tamás Vasi; Nils Gottfries; Stefan Pitschner; Refet Gürkaynak; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary Policy; Financial Markets; Banks;

   Abstract : Essay 1: This paper studies the effect of monetary policy on the economy, distinguishing the effects of exogenous monetary policy shocks from information shocks that reveal the Federal Reserve's assessment of the economic outlook. To identify these two shocks, I exploit the difference in information content in public announcements by the Fed in its statements (released on decision days) and minutes of FOMC meetings (transcripts of the policy decision, released at a later date). READ MORE

5. 3. Disclosures and Judgment in Financial Reporting - Essays on accounting quality under International Financial Reporting Standards

   Author : Emmeli Runesson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accounting quality; Judgment; Disclosures; Principles-based Accounting; Employee Benefits; Credit losses;

   Abstract : As capital markets become more integrated and globalized, standard setting in financial accounting faces multiple challenges. Financial accounting standards must adapt and change in ways that make them usable to firms in varying institutional and economic settings, and by extension, make the financial state- ments produced under those standards useful to capital market participants worldwide. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on portfolio behavior and asset pricing

   Author : Bo Stoltz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays on portfolio behavior and asset pricing.The first Essay employs portfolio theory to study the balance sheet composition of theSwedish Manufacturing Industry 1965-90. READ MORE

7. 5. Financial Frictions and Firm Dynamics

   Author : Erik Spector; Nils Gottfries; Stephen Bond; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay 1: In light of the recent Great Recession, it has become painfully clear that financial factors are central to macroeconomic dynamics. This paper evaluates a micro-level financial friction which plays a central role in the theoretical literature on financial frictions, namely the external finance premium. READ MORE