Search for dissertations about: "John Hassler"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words John Hassler.

2. 1. Essays on Empirical Macroeconomics

   Author : Dario Caldara; John Hassler; Giancarlo Corsetti; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Fiscal Policy; Identification; Vector Autoregression; Recursive Preferences; Perturbation; DSGE Models; Business Cycle Accounting; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   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

4. 2. Essays on Economic Modeling of Climate Change

   Author : Gustav Engström; John Hassler; Michael Hoel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; climate change; economic growth; energy balance models; sustainability; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   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

5. 3. Essays on Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

   Author : Jürg Fausch; Roine Vestman; John Hassler; Ilan Cooper; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Asset pricing; business cycles; DSGE model; macroeconomic risk; monetary policy shocks; recursive preferences; stock market; VAR model; variance decomposition; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   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

6. 4. Essays on Technology Choice and Spillovers

   Author : Erika Färnstrand Damsgaard; John Hassler; Marie Thursby; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; R D; Intellectual Property Rights; Technology Spillovers; Exhaustible Resources; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   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

7. 5. Essays on Macroeconomics and Political Economy

   Author : Jinfeng Ge; John Hassler; Espen Moen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Relative price; Bargaining; Incomplete contract; Ricardian model of labor market; directed search; Free-rider problem; Markov perfect equilibrium; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   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