I use both theoretical and empirical models to assess how alternative measurement approaches to banks’ loan loss allowances affect lending when banks are subject to regulatory capital requirements. I find that: (1) the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) method increases loan lo…
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Dosadašnja proučavanja istorije Hilandara u XVIII veku nisu dovoljno pažnje posvećivala državnim i društvenim okvirima u kojima su monasi živeli. Osamnaesti vek je bio vreme velikih vojnih i ekonomskih izazova, koji su počeli da pokazuju zaostajanje osmanske države u odnosu na n…
This thesis examines the potential of tourism’s contribution to poverty reduction as perceived by local people in Msambweni district in Kenya. Whilst many studies in tourism have focused mainly on the macro-economic impacts of tourism in developing countries, there is little emp…
Este estudo contém a avaliação do The Home Depot, Inc, elaborado em conformidade com o Projeto de Trabalho Final do Programa de Mestrado em Finanças do Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG). O Relatório de Avaliação segue as recomendações do Instituto CFA (Pinto, Henry,…
O presente Trabalho Final de Mestrado desenvolve um detalhado plano de negócios para uma unidade de alojamento no centro histórico de Viana do Castelo. Requer a reabilitação de um edifício devoluto e a instalação de oito confortáveis suites. Este Boutique Suites prestará um serv…
Although extensive scholarly and practical attention has been paid to workplace stress in cross-cultural settings over the past decades, the comparative studies on workplace stress management between Chinese and German companies remain elusive. To fill this research gap, a compa…
Due to the underdevelopment often noticed in many rural areas of Zimbabwe, the country’s civil servants such as teachers, confront hurdles in their workplaces and when navigating their day-to-day lives. This comes as a result of the economic crisis that the country is experienci…
Urban identity is influenced by the activities that inform urban spaces; these activities, in turn, construct meanings that are embedded in urban settings and people perceive as identity. Thus, issues of identity are particularly significant in districts with variable activities…
Prediction problems like classification, regression, and time series forecasting have always attracted both the statisticians and computer scientists worldwide to take up the challenges of data science and implementation of complicated models using modern computing facilities. B…
This dissertation includes three working papers showing my research on the macroeconomic impact of uncertainty and bubbles. The first two papers look at uncertainty shocks in a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium framework, while the last one focuses on economic bubbles and c…
This thesis studies the temporal profile of the impact of systemic banking crises on suicide rates using a panel from 53 countries between 1980 and 2016. A methodology developed by Oscar Jordà in 2005, the Local Projections, was used to measure this impact.
Performing a panel data analysis for the EU countries, for the period between 1995 and 2019, this work studies the individual conduction of monetary and fiscal policies, so as the interactions among them. We aim to understand the differences that exist between the euro area and …
O estouro da bolha imobiliária nos EUA que culminou na crise financeira de 2008-09 reacendeu o interesse no estudo das vulnerabilidades que resultam de elevados níveis de alavancagem financeira. Para estudar a relação entre a alavancagem e os preços dos ativos, esta dissertação …
This research deals with the connection between economic conditions and terrorism. It is presumed that individuals in weak and failing states, who live in relative poverty, and believe there is no upward mobility in their countries, will resort to terrorism. These individuals be…
A política orçamental, através da gestão das receitas e despesas públicas, é usualmente utilizada pelos decisores políticos para influenciar a atividade económica, nomeadamente através do controlo do rendimento disponível, de uma reafectação eficiente dos recursos existentes, do…
In 2013, Summers (2015) revived the secular stagnation hypothesis, firstly postulated by Hansen (1939), to describe the current macroeconomic picture faced by developed economies. This dissertation assesses this claim. Taking into consideration the inputs from several authors, w…
This thesis may be broadly divided into 4 parts. In the first part, we do a literature review of the state of the art in misspecification in Macroeconomics, and what so far has been the contribution of a relatively new area of research called Uncertainty Quantification to the Ma…
Esta Dissertação apresenta uma análise empírica dos efeitos das interações entre as políticas monetária e fiscal no PIB da Zona Euro, utilizando dados trimestrais de 2000 a 2020. Utilizando um modelo ARDL-EC para analisar os efeitos de longo e curto prazo sobre o PIB da Zona Eur…
This thesis empirically investigates the disappointing performance of the non-oil industrial sector in the Saudi Arabian economy despite all the efforts spent by policymakers to improve it. Income diversification and industrialization concerns have been key objectives of the Sau…