Search for dissertations about: "WEALTH"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 286 swedish dissertations containing the word WEALTH.

2. 21. Collateral Effect : Slavery and Wealth in the Cape Colony

   Author : Igor Martins; Ekonomisk utveckling i det globala Syd; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Slavery; slave trade; slave emancipation; agricultural history; Cape Colony;

   Abstract : This thesis reassesses the framework we have come to accept around the dynamics of slavery in a series of papers which, together, shed new light on the economics of coercion. Employing a range of newly digitized historical databases covering the economic life and genealogical history of the British Cape Colony through the 18th and 19th centuries, it explores the determinants of labor coercion in light of two significant institutional shocks: the Slave Trade Act 1807, when the transshipment of slaves became illegal, and the Slave Abolition Act 1833 when the possession of slaves was outlawed. READ MORE

4. 22. Essays on Consumption : - Aggregation, Asymmetry and Asset Distributions

   Author : Mårten Bjellerup; Jan Ekberg; Katarina Juselius; Växjö universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Aggregate consumption; Aggregation; Asymmetry; Wealth distribution; Income distribution; Concavity; Permanent Income Hypothesis; Buffer stock saving; Precautionary saving; consumption; saving; Euler equation; error correction; skew-t distribution; gamma distribution; dispersion; non-linear model; durable goods; nondurable goods; household level data; consumption function; marginal propensity to consume; current resources; consumption expenditure; life-cycle model; univariate test; multivariate test; Sweden; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The dissertation consists of four self-contained essays on consumption. Essays 1 and 2 consider different measures of aggregate consumption, and Essays 3 and 4 consider how the distributions of income and wealth affect consumption from a macro and micro perspective, respectively. READ MORE

5. 23. Essays in Macroeconomics and Political Economy

   Author : Mathias Pronin; Anna Seim; Annika Alexius; Jesper Lindé; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary Policy; House Prices; Bayesian Estimation; Wealth Distribution; Heterogeneous Preferences; Political Budget Cycles; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract :     The Response of the Riksbank to House Prices in SwedenIn the aftermath of the recent financial crisis, an environment of historically low interest rates and extensive household indebtedness in the OECD countries have triggered a vivid debate on whether central banks should react to house-price fluctuations in their pursuit of monetary policy. In Sweden, a period of low policy rates and house-price inflation was halted when the central bank increased the interest rates in 2010. READ MORE

6. 24. Essays on Income Risk, Portfolio Choices and the Macroeconomy

   Author : Gualtiero Azzalini; Per Krusell; Kurt Mitman; Alexander Michaelides; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Macroeconomics; household finance; income risk; portfolio choice; wealth inequality; heterogeneous agents; insurance; search and matching; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Business cycle asymmetry of earnings pass-throughHow does the firm's role as an insurance provider vary over the business cycle? Using Swedish administrative data, I document that idiosyncratic firm productivity shocks are passed through workers' earnings asymmetrically. In non-recessions, firms are good insurers against negative shocks. READ MORE

7. 25. Monetary Policy and Economic Inequality

   Author : Josefin Kilman; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary policy; Monetary policy shocks; Vector auto-regression; Local projections; Income inequality; Wealth inequality; Labor unions; Administrative register data; Savings; Macroeconomic policy;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four independent empirical papers on monetary policy and economic inequality. The first paper explores the Romer and Romer (R&R) (2004) framework to estimate monetary policy shocks. R&R propose a simple method to estimate shocks using forecast and real-time data, but such data is not always available. READ MORE