Search for dissertations about: "dissertation fiscal policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words dissertation fiscal policy.

  2. 1. Essays on stochastic fiscal policy, public debt and private consumption

    Author : Torbjörn Becker; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of five separate essays (and a short introductory chapter) that analyze the effects of debt policy on private consumption. Essay 1: Government Debt and Private Consumption: Theory and Evidence. The Ricardian equivalence theorem has been widely debated since (at least) the seventies. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on Public Finance : Retirement Behavior and Disaster Relief

    Author : Thomas Eisensee; Fabrizio Zilibotti; Kjetil Storesletten; Xavier Mateos-Planas; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Computable General Equilibrium; Retirement; Fiscal Policy; Political Economy; Foreign Aid; Mass Media; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The dissertation consists of three self-contained essays on Public Finance.“News Droughts, News Floods and U.S. Disaster Relief” studies the mass media's influence on the U. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Corporate Growth and Corporate Credit Risk

    Author : Mehmet Caglar Kaya; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gazelle Growth; Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; Competition; Venture Capital Finance; Policy; Credit Risk; Credit Default Swap; CDS Spread; Stock Illiquidity; Information Asymmetry; Market Interconnectedness; Capital Structure; Leverage; Credit Ratings; Accounting;

    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation contributes to research on financial economics. It consists of an overall introduction and three independent papers. The first paper, “A Theory of Gazelle Growth: Competition, Venture Capital Finance, and Policy,” examines how young fast-growing small firms, called gazelles, develop. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Politics of Purpose. Swedish Macroeconomic Policy After the Golden Age

    Author : Johannes Lindvall; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political economy; macroeconomic policy; unemployment; Sweden; norms; ideas; expertise; political culture;

    Abstract : In the 1970s and 1980s, most European countries started pursuing disinflationary economic policies, accepting rising unemployment. Sweden was one of a small number of countries that waited until around 1990 before disinflating its economy, and in the 1980s used ambitious macroeconomic policies to keep unemployment levels low. READ MORE

  7. 5. Time-Series Econometrics Applied to Macroeconomic Issues

    Author : Abdulnasser Hatemi-J; Jönköping University; []
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    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation is a collection of six articles. Special attention is paid to model specification and the time-series properties of the data applied in each case. The first two articles deal with fiscal policy in Sweden and the effects of EMU criteria convergence. READ MORE