Jimenez-Martin, Sergi (Date of defense: 1994-11-02)
Throughout all the chapters we have considered some union variables (particularly the proportion of workers representatives belonging to a given union) to capture any difference in bargaining power ...
Wang, Xinghua (Date of defense: 2020-06-29)
The three chapters of this thesis investigate the external validity of social preference games. Chapter 1 reveals the context-dependent nature of human social behavior and shows that it is possible ...
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 ...
Yakadina, Irina (Date of defense: 2002-11-29)
La literatura reciente que se ha concentrado en la imposición fiscal óptima de los factores de producción (el capital y el trabajo) llega a las conclusiones siguientes. Para un gobierno benevolente que ...
Pérez Forero, Fernando José (Date of defense: 2013-06-18)
This thesis is concerned with the structural estimation of macroeconomic models via Bayesian methods and the economic implications derived from its empirical output. The first chapter provides a general ...
Manini, Raffaele (Date of defense: 2023-01-20)
This thesis focuses in understanding the relationship between board of directors’ composition and firm outcomes. Chapter 1 investigates how US firms board of directors responded to a quasi-exogenous ...
Cajner, Tomaz (Date of defense: 2012-07-03)
This thesis investigates several macroeconomic aspects of labor markets. First chapter finds that in the US more educated individuals experience lower and less volatile unemployment due to a lower ...
Farooqui, Shikeb Arslan (Date of defense: 2009-11-20)
This thesis is a collection of three principal chapters split into two parts. The first part presents chapter 1 on network design when effort decisions are global substitutes but communication through ...
Müller-Trede, Johannes (Date of defense: 2012-05-04)
The three chapters of this thesis investigate social aspects of judgment and decision making. Chapter One analyses the consequences of making decisions based on predictions of future well-being, and the ...
Palacios Fenech, Javier (Date of defense: 2011-10-07)
Diffusion of 31 durable goods in 70 countries over a period of 32 years is analyzed using principal component analysis biplots. While marketers have focused on adoption of innovations, studying ...