Search for dissertations about: "Lending policy"

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2. 1. Economic Growth and Fiscal Policy

   Author : Pontus Hansson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nationalekonomi; economic policy; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; public debt; Economics; tax harmonization; financial lending; economic growth; fiscal policy; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Financial science; Finansiering;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with the two subjects economic growth and fiscal policy. The first three chapters after the introduction are theoretical approaches to the determination of long-run growth. In each of these chapters, the ability of fiscal policy to influence long-run growth is examined as well. READ MORE

4. 2. Financial Choice and Public Policy

   Author : Karin Kinnerud; Per Krusell; Kurt Mitman; Gianluca Violante; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; heterogeneous households; housing; mortgage interest deduction; welfare; monetary policy; mortgage contracts; mortgage lending policies; consumption; pensions; field experiment; search costs; inattention; dominated choices; financial literacy; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Costly reversals of bad policies: the case of the mortgage interest deductionThis paper measures the welfare effects of removing the mortgage interest deduction under a variety of implementation scenarios. To this end, we build a life-cycle model with heterogeneous households calibrated to the U.S. READ MORE

5. 3. Banks, Shocks and Monetary Policy

   Author : Tamás Vasi; Nils Gottfries; Stefan Pitschner; Refet Gürkaynak; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary Policy; Financial Markets; Banks;

   Abstract : Essay 1: This paper studies the effect of monetary policy on the economy, distinguishing the effects of exogenous monetary policy shocks from information shocks that reveal the Federal Reserve's assessment of the economic outlook. To identify these two shocks, I exploit the difference in information content in public announcements by the Fed in its statements (released on decision days) and minutes of FOMC meetings (transcripts of the policy decision, released at a later date). READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Household Finance

   Author : Marieke Bos; Eskil Wadensjö; Luigi Guiso; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Consumer credit; Alternative credit; Pawn credit; Lending policy; Credit Scoring; Immigrants; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of three self-contained essays on household finance.  “Pawn Credit and the Importance of Financial Exclusion” explores the importance of access to regular credit to the demand for pawn credit. READ MORE

7. 5. Policy Choices in African Structural Adjustment : An Exploration of Sectoral Continuity

   Author : Sarai-Anne Ikenze; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sectoral policy; economic reform; structural adjustment; Sub-Saharan Africa; International Monetary Fund;

   Abstract : Between 1980 and 2000, a number of Sub-Saharan African countries entered into conditional structural adjustment lending arrangements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in response to economic crisis and decline. Despite the fact that the crises had been due in part to long-term overdependence on primary sector activities, such as cash crop agriculture and natural resource extraction, many countries allegedly continued to prioritize these activities during structural adjustment. READ MORE