Sökning: "Central bank policy"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 35 avhandlingar innehållade orden Central bank policy.

1. 1. Determinants and Effects of Central Bank Independence Reforms

   Författare :Mats Landström; Karl-Gustaf Löfgren; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Andreas Bergh; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary policy; institutional reform; central banking; price stability; political economy; delegation; institutional economics; inflation; time-inconsistency; accountability; nationalekonomi; Economics; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four empirically oriented papers on central bank independence (CBI) reforms.   Paper [1] is an investigation of why politicians around the world have chosen to give up power to independent central banks, thereby reducing their ability to control the economy. LÄS MER

3. 2. Vad styr ledaren? : Om beslutsfattare och policyförändring i säkerhetspolitiska kriser

   Författare :Karin Lindgren; Peter Wallensteen; Jakob Gustavsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peace and conflict research; decision-maker; security policy crises; crisis management; policy change; Sweden; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research; freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns the two-part question, “By what are leaders guided and by what means do leaders guide, when the direction of central decisions is to be determined?”. The dependent variable is the direction of the final, centrally-made decision which is related to the current policy. LÄS MER

4. 3. Essays on monetary policy

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

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

5. 4. Essays on the political economy of central bank policy

   Författare :Xiang Lin; Henrik Jensen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four independent essays, summarized below.In "Optimal Inflation Targets, Inflation Contracts and Political Cycles", we show that inflation contracts and inflation targets can eliminate both the inflation bias and politically induced variance, if electoral uncertainty merely is due to different preferences. LÄS MER

7. 5. Expectations, Uncertainty, and Monetary Policy

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

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER