Magontier, Pierre (Date of defense: 2020-07-21)
The world has been urbanizing at an incredible pace during the last century. Meanwhile, the global rise in temperatures has led to the increased probabilities of gradual and sudden natural disasters, ...
Tassinari, Filippo (Date of defense: 2022-09-14)
In this dissertation I aim at documenting costs and benefits of cities through the lenses of transport economics. In the second chapter of this dissertation, I analyse on the long-term economic effects ...
Torres Gutiérrez, Tania (Date of defense: 2017-11-24)
Esta tesis desarrolla tres ensayos sobre economías de aglomeración para las ciudades de Ecuador. El primero corresponde a la distribución geográfica de la industria, que cumple dos objetivos: (i) Medir ...
González Pampillón, Nicolás (Date of defense: 2018-06-25)
This thesis contributes with empirical evidence on policies that attempt to reduce spatial inequalities and also studying the drivers of residential segregation. Specifically, the second chapter assesses ...