Economics & Finance (School of): Recent submissions
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Essays on corruption and development issues
(University of St Andrews, 2015) - ThesisCorruption is widely considered to have adverse effects on economic development through its negative impact on the volume and quality of public investment and the efficiency of government services. Conversely, many of these ... -
Regional development of the Aswan region of Egypt with special reference to the Aswan High Dam
(University of St Andrews, 1973) - ThesisThis study is concerned with the problems of regional development. In modern times, the different institutions within the nation-state have multiplied in number and increased in size and complexity so that it is becoming ... -
Numerical analysis and multi-precision computational methods applied to the extant problems of Asian option pricing and simulating stable distributions and unit root densities
(University of St Andrews, 2014-12-01) - ThesisThis thesis considers new methods that exploit recent developments in computer technology to address three extant problems in the area of Finance and Econometrics. The problem of Asian option pricing has endured for the ... -
Conventional and unconventional monetary policy in a DSGE model with an interbank market friction
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-27) - ThesisThis thesis examines both conventional and unconventional monetary policies in a DSGE model with an interbank market friction. The recent crisis during 2007-2009 affected economies worldwide and forced central banks to ... -
Essays on governance, public finance, and economic development
(University of St Andrews, 2014) - ThesisThis thesis is composed of three distinct but related essays. The first essay studies the role of the size of the economy in mitigating the impact of public sector corruption on economic development. The analysis is based ...