Economics & Finance (School of): Recent submissions

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    • The economics of trade secrets : evidence from the Economic Espionage Act 

      Searle, Nicola C. (University of St Andrews, 2010-11) - Thesis
      This thesis reports on the economic analysis of trade secrets via data collected from prosecutions under the U.S. Economic Espionage Act (EEA.) Ratified in 1996, the EEA increases protection for trade secrets by criminalizing ...

    • Explaining medium run swings in unemployment : shocks, monetary policy and labour market frictions 

      Rannenberg, Ansgar (University of St Andrews, 2010) - Thesis
      The literature trying to link the increase in unemployment in many western European countries since the middle of the 1970s to an increase in labour market rigidity has run into a number of problems. In particular, changes ...

    • Determinacy and learning stability of economic policy in asymmetric monetary union models 

      Boumediene, Farid Jimmy (University of St Andrews, 2010) - Thesis
      This thesis examines determinacy and E-stability of economic policy in monetary union models. Monetary policy takes the form of either a contemporaneous or a forecast based interest rate rule, while fiscal policy follows ...

    • Four essays in dynamic macroeconomics 

      Sun, Qi (University of St Andrews, 2010-06-25) - Thesis
      The dissertation contains essays concerning the linkages between macroeconomy and financial market or the conduct of monetary policy via DSGE modelling. The dissertation contributes to the questions of fitting macroeconomic ...

    • The determinants of corporate growth 

      Rosique, Francisco (University of St Andrews, 2010-06-23) - Thesis
      Corporate growth is a concept that has been widely treated in a specific way or as part of strategy theories, in definition and in econometric models and has also been studied in many different aspects and approaches. The ...