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Goraya, Sampreet Singh (Fecha de defensa: 2021-07-26)
This dissertation consists of three essays that investigate the drivers of misallocation of resources and its macroeconomic implications. The first chapter highlights the importance of the caste system ...
Wang, Xinghua (Fecha de defensa: 2020-06-29)
The three chapters of this thesis investigate the external validity of social preference games. Chapter 1 reveals the context-dependent nature of human social behavior and shows that it is possible ...
Ptashkina, Maria (Fecha de defensa: 2023-06-27)
This dissertation consists of two chapters studying trade agreements. The first chapter estimates the effects of preferential trade agreements on bilateral trade between their signatories. A novel ...
Yakadina, Irina (Fecha de defensa: 2002-11-29)
La literatura reciente que se ha concentrado en la imposición fiscal óptima de los factores de producción (el capital y el trabajo) llega a las conclusiones siguientes. Para un gobierno benevolente que ...
Pérez Forero, Fernando José (Fecha de defensa: 2013-06-18)
This thesis is concerned with the structural estimation of macroeconomic models via Bayesian methods and the economic implications derived from its empirical output. The first chapter provides a general ...
Manini, Raffaele (Fecha de defensa: 2023-01-20)
This thesis focuses in understanding the relationship between board of directors’ composition and firm outcomes. Chapter 1 investigates how US firms board of directors responded to a quasi-exogenous ...
Cajner, Tomaz (Fecha de defensa: 2012-07-03)
This thesis investigates several macroeconomic aspects of labor markets. First chapter finds that in the US more educated individuals experience lower and less volatile unemployment due to a lower ...
Farooqui, Shikeb Arslan (Fecha de defensa: 2009-11-20)
This thesis is a collection of three principal chapters split into two parts. The first part presents chapter 1 on network design when effort decisions are global substitutes but communication through ...
Müller-Trede, Johannes (Fecha de defensa: 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 (Fecha de defensa: 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 ...