Widlak, Ewa (Date of defense: 2017-01-03)
The first ladyship is nowadays one of the most mediatized, yet scientifically neglected unofficial institutions to be found in contemporary states. It raises various questions regarding the nature of ...
García-Carretero, Lucía (Date of defense: 2019-10-25)
This thesis aims to analyse the use of digital networks as a tool for electoral communication by new political organisations. Thus, the research study is focused on Barcelona 2015 city council election ...
Duchini, Emma (Date of defense: 2016-10-05)
This thesis examines the role of public policies and institutions in fostering human capital formation and utilization. In the first chapter, I analyze the impact of college remedial courses on students’ ...
Costantini, Filippo (Date of defense: 2016-06-13)
Harmony is one of the most important concepts of the Confucian tradition. Along Confucianism, harmony represented most of the time the ultimate ideal that man needs to pursue. Confucians employed the ...
Pitschner, Stefan (Date of defense: 2016-09-16)
This thesis consists of three chapters on topics in macroeconomics and finance. In the first chapter, I use texts from corporate filings of US companies to investigate if liquidity shortages that occurred ...
Lapuerta, Irene (Date of defense: 2012-04-03)
Esta tesis doctoral analiza la eficacia del sistema de licencias parentales en España para facilitar la conciliación de la vida laboral y familiar y promover la igualdad de género. Para ello, el primer ...
Bonet Porqueras, Eduard (Date of defense: 2014-09-19)
This thesis is a contribution to the empirical research on national identities, nationalism, and political participation, from an individual level perspective of analysis and using survey data. First, ...
Laureys, Lien (Date of defense: 2013-06-28)
This thesis sheds light on several macroeconomic aspects of the labor market and economic policy. Chapter 1 analyzes whether the presence of human capital depreciation during unemployment calls for ...
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 ...
Cecioni, Martina (Date of defense: 2010-01-22)
Esta tesis extiende el modelo estándar Neo Keynesiano con el propósito de contestar dos preguntas: ¿cómo debe ser diseñada la política monetaria en uniones monetarias heterogéneas? y ¿cuál es el efecto ...