Search for dissertations about: "interest rate policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 73 swedish dissertations containing the words interest rate policy.

2. 1. Expectations, Uncertainty, and Monetary Policy

   Author : David Kjellberg; Annika Alexius; Nils Gottfries; Ulf Söderström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary Policy; Expectations; Uncertainty; Uncovered Interest Parity; Interest Rates; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay 1 - To evaluate measures of expectations I examine and compare some of the most common methods for capturing expectations: the futures method which utilizes financial market prices, the VAR forecast method, and the survey method. I study average expectations on the Federal funds rate target, and the main findings can be summarized as follows: i) the survey measure and the futures measure are highly correlated; the correlation coefficient is 0. READ MORE

4. 2. Interest Groups and Government Policy. A Political Economy Analysis

   Author : Fredrik CA Andersson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonomisk politik; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonometri; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; Special Interest Groups; Lobbying; Labour Unions; Information; Growth; Inequality; Corporatism; Campaign Contributions;

   Abstract : Politics induce economic agents to organise into special interest groups (SIGs) and act strategically to adjust their economic decisions and to conduct rent-seeking activities in order do improve the situation inflicted on them by policy. This thesis examines, in four essays, different forms of SIG influence on public policy in different institutional contexts. READ MORE

5. 3. On monetary policy and interest rate determination in an open economy

   Author : Lars Hörngren; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Swedish financial markets, in particular the money market, have developed very rapidly during the 1980s. Concurrently, there has been an equally drastic change in the conduct of monetary policy and a shift away from the previous reliance on regulatory policy instruments. READ MORE

6. 4. Financial Choice and Public Policy

   Author : Karin Kinnerud; Per Krusell; Kurt Mitman; Gianluca Violante; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; heterogeneous households; housing; mortgage interest deduction; welfare; monetary policy; mortgage contracts; mortgage lending policies; consumption; pensions; field experiment; search costs; inattention; dominated choices; financial literacy; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Costly reversals of bad policies: the case of the mortgage interest deductionThis paper measures the welfare effects of removing the mortgage interest deduction under a variety of implementation scenarios. To this end, we build a life-cycle model with heterogeneous households calibrated to the U.S. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on monetary policy

   Author : David Vestin; Frank Smets; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary policy; Penningpolitik; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers investigating different aspects of the interaction between monetary policy and expectations.Price-Level Targeting Versus Inflation Targeting in a Forward-Looking Model examines a price-level target in a model with a forward-looking Calvo-Taylor Phillips curve. READ MORE