Search for dissertations about: "financial policy"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 275 swedish dissertations containing the words financial policy.

2. 16. Essays on Monetary Policy and Asset Markets

   Author : Virginia Queijo von Heideken; Torsten Persson; Jon Faust; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary policy; DSGE models; long-term interest rates; financial frictions; house prices; Bayesian estimation; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays on monetary policy and asset markets.“Monetary Policy Regimes and the Volatility of Long-Term Interest Rates” addresses two questions that have been studied separately in the literature. First, the paper aims at explaining the high volatility of long-term interest rates observed in the data. READ MORE

4. 17. A Risky and Polarized World : Essays on Uncertainty, Ideology and Foreign Policy

   Author : Maximiliano Sosa Andrés; Eva Mörk; Luca Repetto; Pilar Sorribas-Navarro; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Risk tolerance; uncertainty; institutions; polarization; policy; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay 1 - We examine whether risk aversion as well as higher order risk attitudes (HORAs) (prudence and temperance) have changed during COVID-19. We include prudence and temperance as higher order measures, as these two have been largely understudied under extreme events but are determinants of decisions related to the health and financial domains. READ MORE

5. 18. Essays on Risk in International Financial Markets

   Author : Ola Larsson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; volatility; Value at Risk; copulas; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Financial science; Finansiering;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with techniques to model risk in financial markets and consists of four separate essays. The thesis begins with an introduction in chapter one, while chapter two to chapter five contains the four essays. The first essay examines the implication of using various risk measures for portfolio selection. READ MORE

6. 19. Essays on Incomplete Information in Financial Markets

   Author : Frederik Lundtofte; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Financial science; Finansiering; ekonomisk teori; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; factor pricing models; hedging demands; estimation risk; partial information; learning; economic systems;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays on incomplete information in financial markets, two of which are theoretical, and one that is mainly of an empirical nature. All three essays concern parameter uncertainty, and they employ a continuous-time framework. READ MORE

7. 20. Beyond Moral Teaching : Financial Literacy as Citizenship Education

   Author : Mattias Björklund; Niklas Jakobsson; Martin Kristiansson; Johan Sandahl; Jan Löfström; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; financial literacy; social studies; upper secondary school; citizenship education; teaching; learning; pedagogical work; subject-matter didaktik; PCK; threshold concepts; variation theory; Beutelsbach consensus; powerful knowledge; second order concepts; Pedagogiskt arbete; Educational Work;

   Abstract : This thesis explores what financial literacy is, what financial literacy becomes and what financial literacy could become within the context of a citizenship education such as the Swedish upper secondary subject of social studies.  Financial literacy does not intuitively converge with social sciences which leaves social studies teachers to both teach and realise financial literacy. READ MORE