Search for dissertations about: "Empirical Essays on Financial Economics"
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1. Essays on Wage and Price Formation in Sweden
Abstract : Study IReal Wage Determination in the Swedish Engineering IndustryThis study uses the monopoly union model to examine the determination of real wages and in particular the effects of active labour market programmes (ALMPs) on real wages in the engineering industry. Quarterly data for the period 1970:1 to 1996:4 are used in a cointegration framework, utilising the Johansen's maximum likelihood procedure. READ MORE
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2. Empirical Essays on Financial Economics
Abstract : In the first essay of this thesis we develop a model for calculating the net expected value of a swap agreement subject to dual-default risk. The main explanatory variable for the net expected return of a swap is the default intensity of each party measured by the credit rating of the firm. READ MORE
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3. Empirical Essays in Financial Economics
Abstract : Competition between High-Frequency Traders, and Market Quality. This is the first empirical evidence on the competition between high-frequency traders (HFTs) and its influence on market quality. My findings suggests what when HFTs compete for traders their liquidity consumption increases. READ MORE
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4. Essays on Macroeconomics
Abstract : Monetary Policy and Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from the Euro AreaWe quantify the relationship between the response of output to monetary policy shocks and the share of liquidity constrained households. We do so in the context of the euro area, using a Local Projections Instrumental Variables estimation. READ MORE
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5. Essays on Financial Markets
Abstract : This thesis consists of five empirical essays dealing with different issues related to financial markets. Chapter 2 studies a new multivariate technique, Orthogonal GARCH, of forecasting large covariance matrices based on GARCH models. READ MORE