Search for dissertations about: "John Hassler"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words John Hassler.
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1. Essays on Empirical Macroeconomics
Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays in empirical macroeconomics. What Are the Effects of Fiscal Policy Shocks? A VAR-Based Comparative Analysis The literature using structural vector autoregressions (SVARs) to assess the effects of fiscal policy shocks strongly disagrees on the qualitative and quantitative response of key macroeconomic variables. READ MORE
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2. Essays on Economic Modeling of Climate Change
Abstract : Structural change in a two-sector model of the climate and the economy introduces issues concerning substitutability among goods in a two-sector economic growth model where emissions from fossil fuels give rise to a climate externality. Substitution is modeled using a CES-production function where the intermediate inputs differ only in their technologies and the way they are affected by the climate externality. READ MORE
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3. Essays on Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
Abstract : Asset pricing implications of a DSGE model with recursive preferences and nominal rigidities. I study jointly macroeconomic dynamics and asset prices implied by a production economy featuring nominal price rigidities and Epstein-Zin (1989) preferences. READ MORE
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4. Essays on Technology Choice and Spillovers
Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays on technology choice and spillovers.“Patent Scope and Technology Choice” analyzes the effect of an increase in patent scope on investments in R&D and innovation. READ MORE
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5. Essays on Macroeconomics and Political Economy
Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays dealing with different aspects of macroeconomics and political Economy.The Relative Price of Investment Goods and Sectoral Contract DependenceI develop a quantitative model to explain the relationship between TFPs at the aggregate and sector levels and contracting institutions across countries. READ MORE