Search for dissertations about: "foreign exchange rate"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words foreign exchange rate.

  2. 16. Essays on Information Transmission and Crisis Spillover in the Financial Markets

    Author : Dinh-Vinh Vo; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Central bank communication; ECB; exchange rates; sentiment; LDA; textual analysis; cross-section of stock returns; news-implied volatility; financial contagion; interdependence; global banking system;

    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation comprises three independent essays on information transmission and crisis spillover in the financial markets. The research questions are examined in the context of the foreign exchange market, the stock market and the global banking system. READ MORE

  4. 17. Essays on Inflation Targeting and Export Price Dynamics

    Author : Pia Fromlet; Nils Gottfries; Andreas Westermark; Farooq Akram; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Inflation targeting; central banking; monetary policy; exchange rates; export prices; Nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : Essay 1: This paper evaluates inflation targeting for ten countries. Assuming that the inflation targeting central bank's only concern is inflation around the target, expectations of the future deviation from the target given information about the deviation from the target today should be equal to zero. READ MORE

  5. 18. International portfolio choice and trading behavior

    Author : Göran Robertsson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays on topics relating to the fields of international portfolio choice, trading behavior, and asset pricing. "Direct Foreign Ownership, Institutional Investors, and Firm Characteristics" analyzes portfolios of Swedish stocks held by foreign investors. READ MORE

  6. 19. Macroeconomic policies and the balance of payments

    Author : Anders Vredin; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of the relation between macroeconomic policies and the balance of payments. It is focused on institutional factors and empirical regularities pertaining to the Swedish economy. A major topic is the question whether there is any theoretical and empirical evidence that Sweden has some monetary autonomy. READ MORE

  7. 20. Essays on the Namibian Economy

    Author : Michael N. Humavindu; Jesper Stage; Henning Melber; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Namibia; shadow prices; discount rate; semi-input-output; accounting price ratios; financial returns; volatility; hedonic pricing; townships; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an introduction and four papers exploring various aspects of the Namibian economy. These aspects cover shadow pricing, environmental valuation and capital market development in Namibia. Paper I estimates the shadow prices of capital, labour and foreign exchange for the Namibian economy. READ MORE