Economics & Finance (School of): Recent submissions
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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 ... -
ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) : how far have we come? : analysis and evidence on effects of AFTA
(University of St Andrews, 2013) - ThesisThis thesis addresses issues concerning trade effects of a particular RTA: AFTA. In the first part of the thesis, 2 different but related gravity frameworks are constructed as to evaluate the independent effects of AFTA ... -
Cost and policy implications of agricultural pollution, with special reference to pesticides
(University of St Andrews, 1999) - ThesisModem commercial agricultural practices involving chemical inputs such as fertilisers and pesticides have been associated with huge increases in food production never witnessed before, and in the case of cereal production ...