Ruiz-Giralt, Abel (Date of defense: 2023-12-13)
The present study expands our understanding of human-environment interactions in drylands throughout time, with a specific focus on the development of resilient agroecological systems based on Traditional ...
Chiavari, Andrea (Date of defense: 2022-07-01)
This thesis documents novel firm-level facts and shows their implication for aggregate phenomena. The first chapter documents an increase in returns to scale in production. It proposes a novel ...
Jagadits, András (Date of defense: 2022-09-30)
This thesis studies questions at the intersection of labor economics and the literature of structural change. The first chapter empirically assesses the impact of emigration on structural change. ...
Arias Badia, Blanca (Date of defense: 2017-07-10)
The specialised literature has suggested the intermediate position of television dialogue and subtitling along the continuum from spoken to written language (e.g. Díaz-Cintas 2003; Quaglio 2009; Forchini ...
Mendonça, Maria Júlia Ildefonso (Date of defense: 2023-02-23)
According to the CJEU’s case law, the tax disadvantage suffered by taxpayers in a cross-border situation arising from international juridical double taxation does not constitute a forbidden obstacle to ...
Theophilou, Emily (Date of defense: 2024-01-18)
In recent years, there's been increasing concern over potential negative experiences for adolescents on social media. Despite efforts in social media literacy education, traditional approaches often ...
Gutiérrez-Daza, Ángelo (Date of defense: 2022-06-08)
Empirical evidence suggests that consumers rely on their shopping experiences to form beliefs about inflation. In other words, they learn by shopping. This dissertation studies the implications of ...
Ayala García, Amaya (Date of defense: 2023-12-04)
The project focuses on cancer and its effects on work trajectories from a life course perspective, both from a qualitative and quantitative approach. Quantitative analyses were based on a retrospective ...
Gavan, Malachy James (Date of defense: 2023-05-29)
This thesis aims to understand negotiations over the behaviour agents will take in a game and, separately, robust implementation. Chapter 1 examines the binding agreements that result from a negotiation ...
Einarsson, Bjarni F. (Date of defense: 2023-10-02)
This thesis consists of three chapters on topics in Macroeconometrics. Chapter 1 presents a method for online evaluation of the optimality of the current stance of monetary policy given the most up ...