Diese Arbeit besteht aus vier Essays, die empirische und methodische Beiträge zur Messung von Konjunkturzyklen und deren Zusammenhänge zu demographischen Variablen liefern. Der erste Essay analysiert unter Zuhilfenahme eines Bayesianischen Dynamischen Faktormodelles die Volatilität des...

The major objective of this thesis is to investigate whether there exists a stable long run and short run equilibrium relationship between real money balances (M1 or M2) and their determinants in Thailand. A cointegration analysis and the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) are conducted on...

Experimental auction and discrete choice experiment are two popular value elicitation methods.Theoretically they should yield the same results but empirical results have been mixed (e.g.,Lusk and Schroeder 2004, 2006; Corrigan et al. 2010.) This study uses both methods todetermine consumers’...

Recent financial instability has called into question the sufficiency of low inflation as a goal for monetary policy. This paper discusses inter-war literature bearing on this question. It begins with theories of the cycle based on the quantity theory, and their policy prescription of price...

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the factors that can cause price levels to diverge and which are at the root of different inflation rates in Europe including the EU-27. Among others, we study the structural and cyclical factors influencing market and non-marketbased service, house...

Baigiamajame magistro darbe analizuojamas nacionalinės ekonomikos rezultatyvumo matavimo klausimas pasitelkiant bendriausią makroekonomikos matą BVP. Teorinėje darbo dalyje aptariama šio rodiklio sukūrimo esmė bei raida nacionalinės sąskaitybos sistemos kontekste. Įvardijami pasirinkto...

Baigiamajame magistro darbe nagrinėjama Vilniaus miesto nekilnojamojo turto rinka. Šio darbo tikslas – nustatyti nekilnojamojo turto vertės tendencijas Vilniaus mieste, identifikuoti problemas ir pasiūlyti jų sprendimo modelį. Magistro darbe iškeliama nekilnojamojo turto vertės...

This dissertation consists of two essays studying macroeconomics questions about labor markets. The research in this document is separated into chapters that study distinct features of aggregate labor market outcomes.The first essay documents the change in behavior of fertility rate at business...

This paper uses an unbalanced panel data set for exporting firms from manufacturing industries in one German federal state, Lower Saxony, to investigate the micro-structure of the recent export boom. Looking at data for 1995/96 to 2001/02 it is demonstrated that a considerable number of plants...