Search for dissertations about: "private savings rate"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words private savings rate.
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1. Essays on Savings Behavior, Inflation Measurement, and Growth
Abstract : The Impact of Pension Reform on Household Income and Savings: A Quantitative Analysis of the Swedish CaseIncreases in life expectancy cause challenges for defined benefit pension systems. Sweden is one of few countries having undertaken a major reform aimed at creating a financially sustainable pension system. READ MORE
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2. Essays on Fiscal Policy, Public Debt and Financial Development
Abstract : This thesis consists of three distinct articles that can be read separately. Each one has been awarded a chapter of its own. The independence of these chapters should not be taken as meaning that they are unrelated. Besides belonging all to the subfield of macroeconomics, they share the common feature of being inherently economic policy oriented. READ MORE
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3. Essays on stochastic fiscal policy, public debt and private consumption
Abstract : This dissertation consists of five separate essays (and a short introductory chapter) that analyze the effects of debt policy on private consumption. Essay 1: Government Debt and Private Consumption: Theory and Evidence. The Ricardian equivalence theorem has been widely debated since (at least) the seventies. READ MORE
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4. Essays on Saving, Borrowing and Intangible Capital
Abstract : Essay I: Can an increasing importance of intangible capital in the economy explain increases in markups and profits? I use a heterogeneous firm model to show how intangible capital is related to markups and profits at the industry level. The uncertainty and scalability properties of intangible capital imply that firms that succeed in their intangible capital investment can charge high markups relative to other firms, whereas firms that fail will exit. READ MORE
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5. Studies in empirical macroeconomics
Abstract : This thesis includes four self-contained essays:ESSAY I search for structural breaks in the financial sector share of seven major OECD countries and relate them to changes in GDP growth and savings. The event pattern of these macro series are classified and weighted by typicities. READ MORE