Search for dissertations about: "macroeconomic condition"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words macroeconomic condition.

  2. 1. On Monetary Integration and Macroeconomic Policy

    Author : Mattias Erlandsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New open-economy macroeconomics; Nominal wage flexibility; Optimal wage setting; Monetary unification; Public opinion; Referenda; Partisan theory of macroeconomic policy;

    Abstract : This thesis contains one general introduction and three separate papers. The papers are fairly heterogeneous with respect to the topics analysed, as well as to the methodologies used. Some common themes, though, are monetary integration and outcomes of macroeconomic policy. READ MORE

  4. 2. The impact of social security compensation inequality on earnings distribution due to sickness and disability

    Author : Jahangir Khan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Compensations; earnings; gender; macroeconomic condition; inequality redistribution; sickness and disability insurance; social security regulations; typology.;

    Abstract : One of the main purposes of social security systems is to compensate for loss of earnings during periods of sickness and disability. Of interest is therefore the extent to which such compensation reduces earnings inequality. The aim of the thesis is two-fold. READ MORE

  5. 3. Empirical essays on macro-financial linkages

    Author : Ola Melander; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : How do financial variables, such as firms’ cash flow and banks’ capital, affect macroeconomic variables, such as investment and GDP growth? What are the macroeconomic effects of exchange rate depreciation in countries where firms and households have extensive foreign-currency liabilities? The doctoral thesis Empirical Essays on Macro-Financial Linkages consists of four separate papers in the field of empirical macroeconomics. The first three papers investigate the macroeconomic implications of financial-market imperfections. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Panel Data with Multidimensional Unobserved Heterogeneity

    Author : Yana Petrova; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Econometrics; Factor-Augmented Panel Regression; Interactive Effects; Unknown Factors; CCE Estimation; Principal Components;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to econometric methodology in terms of estimation and inference in static panel data models with unobserved multidimensional heterogeneity. When not properly accounted for, unobserved heterogeneity may introduce bias into the parameter estimates associated with covariates of interest, such as treatment indicators or determinants of macroeconomic indicators. READ MORE

  7. 5. Time Series and Macroeconomics: Studies in Demography and Monetary Policy

    Author : Pär Österholm; Thomas Lindh; David Canning; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Macroeconomics; Time series econometrics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Chapter 1 provides a brief introduction to the topics of the thesis and summarises the main results.Chapter 2 studies the econometric properties of the Taylor (1993) rule when applied to U.S., Australian and Swedish data in order to judge its empirical relevance. READ MORE