Search for dissertations about: "foreign currency"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words foreign currency.
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1. The Scandinavian Currency Union 1873-1924 : studies in monetary integration and disintegration
Abstract : This thesis studies the history of the Scandinavian Currency Union, 1873-1924. It is divided into four analytical chapters, each dealing with a different aspect of the Union and each written as a separate paper. The conclusions of the thesis challenge existing views of the Union and examines new aspects of this episode in monetary history. READ MORE
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2. Essays on Investor Behavior and Trading Strategies in International Financial Markets
Abstract : This dissertation contains four articles that in different ways inform on investor behavior in international financial markets, their impact on the underlying market, and the trading strategies that they pursue.Article I studies how hedge funds herd in currency future contracts and how it is affecting the underlying market. READ MORE
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3. Chartist trading in exchange rate theory
Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers, of which paper 1 and 4 are co-written with Mikael Bask. Paper [1] implements chartists trading in a sticky-price monetary model for determining the exchange rate. It is demonstrated that chartists cause the exchange rate to "overshoot the overshooting equilibrium" of a sticky-price monetary model. READ MORE
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4. Essays on Financial Risks and Derivatives with Applications to Electricity Markets and Credit Markets
Abstract : Contracts traded on international financial and commodity markets are associated with complex risk structures. In this dissertation we are concerned with two specific types of risks; market risks and credit risks. The first chapter investigates market risks in the context of the Nordic electricity market. READ MORE
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5. Insurance and cartels through wars and depressions : Swedish Marine insurance and reinsurance between the World Wars
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to enhance our understanding of Swedish marine insurers' choices of business strategies under the potentially difficult business circumstances of the interwar period 1918-1939. Little previous research exists on marine insurance during the interwar period. READ MORE