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Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 swedish dissertations containing the word dollar.

2. 1. Essays on currency markets

   Author : Duc-Hoang Hoang; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; currency market; central bank communication; sentiment; carry trade; momentum;

   Abstract : This doctoral dissertation comprises three independent essays which cover different aspects of the currency market.The first paper, Long-run and short-run risk premium in currency market, investigates the risk premium of the long-run and short-run volatility component of exchange rate returns in the currency market. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Unemployment and Real Exchange Rates

   Author : Hans Lindblad; Torsten Persson; Ragnar Nymoen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Exchange Rates; Labor Mobility; NAIRU; Natural Rate; Phillips Curve; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : In the first essay, Persistence in Swedish Unemployment Rates, we study if there is no or weak tendency in unemployment rates to revert back to previous levels. Persistence is caused by: natural rate shocks, long unemployment cycles, and spill-over from cyclical to permanent unemployment. We find evidence of high persistence. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on inheritance, small businesses and energy consumption

   Author : Sebastian Escobar; Mikael Elinder; Katarina Nordblom; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; estates; bequests; inheritance taxes; tax evasion; tax avoidace; liquidity; entrepreneurship; small business; sub-metering; environment; smart meters; energy conservation; quasi experiment;

   Abstract : Essay 1: People’s planning to evade the inheritance tax curtails its merits. However, the extent of planning remains a matter of argument. According to popular belief, it is widespread, but few estimates have been presented. READ MORE

6. 4. Global Financial Dynamics : rates, dollarization, and investor behavior

   Author : Lina Thomas; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : In Washington D.C., big decisions impact global markets. At the same time, these very markets are also moved by the choices of individual investors, guided by their beliefs, biases, and emotions. READ MORE

7. 5. Flash Diffractive Imaging in Three Dimensions

   Author : Tomas Ekeberg; Janos Hajdu; Keith Nugent; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; X-ray; diffraction; mimivirus; three dimensional; phase retrieval; EMC; manifold embedding; CXI; FEL; free-electron laser; single particle; Physics with specialization in Biophysics; Fysik med inriktning mot biofysik;

   Abstract : During the last years we have seen the birth of free-electron lasers, a new type of light source ten billion times brighter than syncrotrons and able to produce pulses only a few femtoseconds long. One of the main motivations for building these multi-million dollar machines was the prospect of imaging biological samples such as proteins and viruses in 3D without the need for crystallization or staining. READ MORE