Fouka, Vasiliki (Date of defense: 2015-06-20)
This thesis examines how culture | in the sense of identity and preferences | relates to economic decision-making. The rst chapter investigates how a prohibition of their native language in school a ...
Herz, Benedikt (Date of defense: 2015-02-23)
This thesis consists of three essays. In the first essay, I empirically evaluate the importance of wait unemployment. Instead of taking the next best job, a displaced worker has an incentive to stay ...
Ordeñana Rodríguez, Xavier (Date of defense: 2015-11-18)
This thesis presents three essays on emerging Markets, with a special emphasis in Ecuador. The thesis uses both individual level (Chapter 1) and firm level data (Chapter 2) from Ecuador. Using dynamic ...
Schmitz, Tom (Date of defense: 2015-10-02)
In this thesis, I show that macroeconomic models which take into account firm- and industrylevel heterogeneity provide a more precise understanding of productivity growth dynamics than models with ...
Amodio, Francesco (Date of defense: 2015-06-11)
This thesis provides an empirical investigation of externalities and social interaction mechanisms in various settings. In the first chapter, I show how input heterogeneity triggers productivity spillovers ...
Martínez Carrasco, Miguel Ángel (Date of defense: 2015-06-22)
New managerial practices are not use on isolation. Managers use different organizational tools to maximize their firm’s profits and they interact with the pre-established practices of the company. ...
Ambrocio, Gene (Date of defense: 2015-09-29)
This dissertation focuses on learning and expectations formation in Macroeconomics and Finance and the role of information production in shaping macroeconomic fluctuations. The first chapter provides ...
Valencia Caicedo, Felipe (Date of defense: 2015-06-30)
This dissertation investigates economic persistence in the Americas. The first chapter shows the positive long-term economic impact of the Guarani Jesuit Missions in South America. I find that ...
Chapsal, Antoine (Date of defense: 2015-02-06)
The three chapters of this thesis investigate different topics in competition policy. The first chapter empirically analyzes the consequences of the subsidies that were granted to some coalfields during ...
Rodríguez Tous, Francesc (Date of defense: 2015-09-18)
This thesis revolves around banking behavior and its implications for financial stability. The first chapter examines how banks buy and sell securities during the crisis, and we find that some banks ...