Žakelj, Blaž (Date of defense: 2012-03-23)
This thesis is a collection of three essays on inflation expectations, forecasting uncertainty, and the role of uncertainty in sequential auctions, all using experimental approach. Chapter 1 studies how ...
Sureda Gomila, Antoni (Date of defense: 2010-10-28)
This thesis consists of three essays on the behavior of corporate insiders and the optimal regulation of insider trading. The first of these three essays examines the welfare effects of insider trading ...
Konovalova, Elizaveta (Date of defense: 2018-01-31)
The three chapters of this thesis explore how previous experience and mental categories shape human judgments. Chapter One provides a sampling explanation for the in-group heterogeneity effect - a ...
Yang, Guohao (Date of defense: 2019-09-03)
This thesis aims to better understand China’s structural change and productivity growth in recent decades. In the first chapter, I study the impact of infrastructure, i.e, highway construction, on China’s ...
De Jesus, Miguel Karlo (Date of defense: 2018-01-25)
This dissertation consists of two chapters that explore some of the financial stability issues that concern mutual funds. The first chapter demonstrates that the massive sale by US funds of Mexican ...
Tekin, Müge (Date of defense: 2018-09-17)
This thesis incorporates three studies that revolve around competitive intelligence of a firm, available data sources and improvement of operations through data-informed decision-making. The studies ...
Parrondo Tort, Luz (Date of defense: 2016-04-04)
This thesis revolves around financial transparency and its relationship with social transparency (CSR disclosure) and risk management at the managerial level. The first chapter identifies regulatory ...
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 ...
Umlauft, Roland (Date of defense: 2013-06-28)
In Chapter 1 I investigate the economic importance of correlation in mutual fund flows for funds with overlapping portfolio positions. I illustrate theoretically that commonality in trading by funds due ...
Coronado Saleh, Francisco Javier (Date of defense: 2010-03-10)
Esta tesis trata sobre la competencia y regulación en mercados farmacéuticos.El primer capítulo presenta un modelo de oligopolio donde se demuestra que la regulación de precios sólo aumenta los beneficios ...