Ohanyan, Narek (Date of defense: 2023-06-07)
This thesis studies the optimal conduct of monetary policy in the presence of nominal and informational frictions. The first chapter studies the optimal policy in a small open economy model with ...
Rojas Zea, Youel (Date of defense: 2022-05-13)
This dissertation consists of three essays. In the first chapter, using a series of identified monetary policy shocks for Peru, I show robust evidence of supply side mechanisms of monetary policy for ...
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 ...
Smirnov, Danila (Date of defense: 2023-06-12)
In my Ph.D. thesis, I study the subjects of monetary economics, heterogeneity of households and firms, and optimal policy. I solve models with rich heterogeneity and use statistical models to work ...
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 ...
Ptashkina, Maria (Date of defense: 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 ...
Morazzoni, Marta (Date of defense: 2023-06-02)
In my PhD thesis, I analyse different macro and policy-relevant heterogeneities across both firms and individuals. In the midst of vivid debate over the US college financial aid system, Chapter 1 shows ...