Müller-Trede, Johannes (Date of defense: 2012-05-04)
The three chapters of this thesis investigate social aspects of judgment and decision making. Chapter One analyses the consequences of making decisions based on predictions of future well-being, and the ...
Palacios Fenech, Javier (Date of defense: 2011-10-07)
Diffusion of 31 durable goods in 70 countries over a period of 32 years is analyzed using principal component analysis biplots. While marketers have focused on adoption of innovations, studying ...
Soyer, Emre (Date of defense: 2012-06-14)
This thesis incorporates three studies that analyze how information is presented in various contexts, how these different modes of presentation affect decision makers’ perceptions and how to improve ...
Perdomo Strauch, Alvaro Andrés (Date of defense: 2017-02-01)
This dissertation uses an experimental approach to analyze the behavior of people in controlled environments based in different theoretical issues of relatively recent discussion in macroeconomic theory. ...
Cecioni, Martina (Date of defense: 2010-01-22)
Esta tesis extiende el modelo estándar Neo Keynesiano con el propósito de contestar dos preguntas: ¿cómo debe ser diseñada la política monetaria en uniones monetarias heterogéneas? y ¿cuál es el efecto ...
Pereira Garmendia, Diego (Date of defense: 2011-09-05)
La presente tesis estudia la correlación negativa entre inflación y precios reales de las acciones. En primer lugar, muestro evidencia de que la inflación impone costos reales en la economía, en particular ...
Wei, Jianxing (Date of defense: 2018-06-25)
This thesis focuses on the issue of bank funding structure and its implications for financial instability. The first chapter investigates how the dynamic interaction between the regulator and banks can ...
Spargoli, Fabrizio (Date of defense: 2013-07-04)
This thesis revolves around financial instability and banking regulation. The first chapter examines whether the disclosure of information about banks maximizes welfare in times of crisis. Contrary to ...
Rossi, Luca (Date of defense: 2018-04-11)
This thesis empirically investigates different aspects of time-varying volatility. Chapter 1 estimates a large TVP-FAVAR and recovers a dynamic directed network of connections between European stock ...
Queirós, Francisco (Date of defense: 2018-06-26)
This thesis is composed of three independent articles. The first two chapters are on the topic of asset bubbles. In the first chapter, I study the interactions between rational asset bubbles and product ...