Search for dissertations about: "U.K"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the word U.K.

  2. 1. Essays on Monetary Policy and Asset Markets

    Author : Virginia Queijo von Heideken; Torsten Persson; Jon Faust; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary policy; DSGE models; long-term interest rates; financial frictions; house prices; Bayesian estimation; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays on monetary policy and asset markets.“Monetary Policy Regimes and the Volatility of Long-Term Interest Rates” addresses two questions that have been studied separately in the literature. First, the paper aims at explaining the high volatility of long-term interest rates observed in the data. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on stock prices and exchange rates

    Author : Stefan Nydahl; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained essays:Essay 1 evaluates several time series models of exchange rate volatility to predict the daily volatility of the U.S. dollar versus the currencies of Germany, Canada and Japan. The models are compared both within-sample and out-of-sample with the main focus on the latter. READ MORE

  5. 3. Contributions to three problems in systems of differential and convolution equations

    Author : Wojciech Abramczuk; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : We study three problems:PROBLEM A. Let P(D) be a matrix of partial differential operators with constant coefficient and U an open, convex and bounded set in Rn. Consider the system P(D)u = f where f lies in a Sobolev space on Rn and satisfies the compatibility conditions in U. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Empirical Macroeconomics

    Author : Martin W Johansson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; structural breaks.; output volatility; threshold autoregression; fiscal policy; real exchange rates; Aggregate consumption; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

    Abstract : The first essay reexamines the proposed presence of so-called loss aversion in aggregate consumption. Recent empirical and theoretical studies have suggested, that consumption growth reacts asymmetrically to positive and negative expected income growth. READ MORE

  7. 5. Structure and bonding of sulfur-containing molecules and complexes

    Author : Emiliana Damian Risberg; Magnus Sandström; Ingmar Persson; Tsun-Kong Sham; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sulfur species; x-ray absorption and vibrational spectroscopy; TP-DFT calculations; Chemistry; Kemi; strukturkemi; Structural Chemistry;

    Abstract : Synchrotron-based spectroscopic techniques enable investigations of the many important biological and environmental functions of the ubiquitous element sulfur. In this thesis the methods for interpreting sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectra are developed and applied for analyses of functional sulfur groups. READ MORE