Karapandza, Rasa (Date of defense: 2009-04-17)
El primer capítol, titulat "PROMETENT FRACÀS: Retòrica Política i Empresatial com a Determinant de l'Èxit" estableix una relació negativa entre el número de promeses fetes per polítics i companyies i ...
Donati, Dante (Date of defense: 2022-07-27)
This dissertation consists of three essays that empirically test economic theories on the causal effect of information on individuals and firms. The first chapter studies the consequences of lower ...
Stoerk, Thomas (Date of defense: 2017-04-24)
This thesis consists of three chapters that investigate environmental policy questions from an empirical point of view. Chapter 1 examines the trustworthiness of official air pollution data sources for ...
Martín Vilató, Zoel (Date of defense: 2023-07-07)
Aquesta tesi conté tres assaigs sobre macroeconomia i anàlisi textual. En el primer capítol, estudio l’impacte de la polarització política sobre les polítiques mediambientals utilitzant propostes de ...
Lombardi, María (Date of defense: 2017-09-12)
This thesis is composed of three independent articles. The first chapter studies a nationwide teacher pay-for-performance program in Peru, and shows that it had a precisely estimated null impact on ...
Ponticelli, Jacopo (Date of defense: 2013-06-07)
This thesis investigates various aspects of economic development. In the first chapter I study the effect of financial reform on firms. In particular, I study to what extent this effect depends on ...
Gürgüç, Zeynep (Date of defense: 2009-10-02)
Esta tesis consta de tres proyectos sobre coordinación y los conflictos utilizando un enfoque experimental. El capítulo 1 estudia si un mecanismo de votación incentiva una coordinación eficiente y ...
Ager, Philipp (Date of defense: 2013-06-21)
This thesis consists of four essays. In the first essay, I examine how the historical planter elite of the Southern US affected economic development at the county level between 1840 and 1960. I find ...
Ilango, Akhil (Date of defense: 2023-04-13)
This thesis contains three chapters, each developing a theory and providing evidence on a unique and novel determinant of firms’ outcomes in the emerging and developed economies of 21st century. The ...
Rode, Julian (Date of defense: 2007-10-25)
The dissertation employs laboratory experimental methodology to study decision-making when people face trade-offs between ethical and economic values. More explicitly, the three chapters investigate 1) ...