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Title:Essays in international finance and applied econometrics Author(s):RACZKO, MarekDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:The thesis consists of three essays in the fields of international finance and applied econometrics. The first chapter analyzes the co-movement of market premia for rare adverse events, addressing the important issue of ...
Title:Essays in international macroeconomics Author(s):FERRARI, Alessandro Date:2020Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2020Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:In the ﬁrst chapter I investigate the role of position in global value chains in the transmission of ﬁnal demand shocks and the cyclicality and volatility of trade. Relying on a production network model with propagation ...
Title:Essays in international macroeconomics Author(s):VICONDOA, Alejandro Date:2017Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2017Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis studies the effects of external shocks on emerging economies and proposes a novel methodology to assess the spillovers from financial markets to the real economy. The first chapter analyzes how anticipated and ...
Title:Essays in international macroeconomics Author(s):PACZOS, Wojtek Date:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis studies how frictions shape macroeconomic outcomes and affect policies. The thesis consists of three chapters. The first chapter studies how distortionary taxation and volatile output together with government ...
Title:Essays in international trade Author(s):LEBRAND, Mathilde Date:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis tackles three topics in international trade: (i) the motives behind restrictions on Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and the role of investment agreements, (ii) the determinants of services trade policies, and ...
Title:Essays in labor economics and public policy Author(s):GALASSI, Gabriela Liliana Date:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis contains three chapters around two related questions: (1) what are the determinants of the decision to work?, and (2) what are the (unintended) effects of policies stimulating labor market participation? The ...
Title:Essays in labour economics Author(s):POSCH, Johanna Laurentia Date:2019Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2019Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:The elderly are an ever-growing group of the population of western countries. Increasing their low employment rates is one of the greatest challenges we face in labour market policy today and is the subject of the ﬁrst ...
Title:Essays in macro and labor Author(s):BROGUEIRA DE SOUSA, Joao Carlos Date:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis contains four chapters that cover topics in macroeconomics and labor,and in theoretical asset pricing. Chapters one, two and three contain theoretical and quantitative work on macro and labor. Chapter one, ...
Title:Essays in macro-finance Author(s):ARAGON, Nicolas Date:2017Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2017Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis deals with the economics of crises, within the macro-finance literature. The first chapter, coauthored with Rasmus Pank, deals with how crises emerge. Particularly, we are interested in how confidence affects ...
Title:Essays in macroeconomic theory : fiscal and monetary policy Author(s):CAMOUS, AntoineDate:2015Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2015Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis investigates the design of appropriate institutions to ensure the good conduct of fiscal and monetary policy. The three chapters develop theoretical frameworks to address the time-inconsistency of policy plans ...
Title:Essays in macroeconomics Author(s):MARINKOV, Viktor Date:2019Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2019Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis contains three chapters. The first two consider deviations from rational expectations for understanding the unprecedentedly long period of a binding zero lower bound (ZLB) since the Great Recession. There I ...
Title:Essays in macroeconomics Author(s):TERESIŃSKI, Jan Karol Date:2021Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2021Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:In the first two chapters of this thesis we analyze the impact of an increase in transfer payments - i.e., fiscal stimulus in a form of direct payments to individuals - on budget deficits. In the first chapter we study ...
Title:Essays in macroeconomics Author(s):VARDISHVILI, Oliko Date:2021Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2021Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:In the U.S., 40% of students drop out of college. While dropout decisions may constitute an efficient response to students' discovering their low academic ability, they may be inefficient if an able student drops out due ...
Title:Essays in macroeconomics Author(s):SIMON, Laure Date:2020Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2020Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:The first chapter uncovers a key interaction between government spending, demographics and productivity. I document that age is a key driver of consumption adjustment to government spending shocks, with significantly larger ...
Title:Essays in macroeconomics : confidence, business cycles, and fertility Author(s):LAGERBORG, Andresa Date:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Version:Chapter 5 of the thesis, co-authored with CAMILLI, Andrea, was previously published as EUI ECO WP 2017/07. Chapter 2 of the thesis 'Does economic security really impact on gun violence at U.S. schools?' by PAPPA, Evi, LAGERBORG, Andresa and RAVN, Morten O. draws upon the article 'Does economic insecurity really impact on gun violence at US schools?' published in Nature human behaviour, 2018.Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis comprises essays in macroeconomics across two main themes. The first studies the role of confidence shocks as a source of business cycle fluctuations using an instrumental variable approach. Exogenous drops in ...
Title:Essays in macroeconomics : fiscal policy, hiring frictions, uncertainty, and risk sharing Author(s):ROGANTINI PICCO, Anna Date:2020Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2020Version:Chapter 2 ‘Macro uncertainty and unemployment risk' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as EUI ECO WP 2019/02 and Chapter 3 ‘Risk sharing and the adoption of the Euro' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as ESM Working Paper Series 17/2016 and as ADEMU Working Paper Series 2017/055.Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:The three chapters of this thesis are inspired by some aspects of the complex world where we live in. The first chapter uncovers the role of firms' hiring decisions as a key source of state dependence in the fiscal spending ...
Title:Essays in macroeconomics : investment choices, labor market outcomes, and family structure Author(s):BACHER, Annika Date:2022Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2022Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis is composed of three independent essays in heterogeneous agent macroeconomics. They all explore how family structure affects investment choices and labor market outcomes of individuals. The first chapter, Housing ...
Title:Essays in macroeconomics and macroeconometrics Author(s):LORIA, Francesca Date:2018Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2018Version:Chapter 1, jointly co-authored with Knut Are Aastveit and Francesco Furlanetto, draws upon two working papers Norges Bank 2017/01 and Banco de Espana 2017/1713Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis investigates topics in macroeconomics and macroeconometrics. Chapter 1, joint with Knut Are Aastveit and Francesco Furlanetto, uses a structural VAR model with time-varying parameters and stochastic volatility ...
Title:Essays in macroeconomics and nonlinear dynamics Author(s):ROTTNER, Matthias Christian Date:2021Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2021Version:Chapter 1 ‘Financial Crises and Shadow Banks: A Quantitative Analysis' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as EUI ECO 2021/02
Chapter 2 ‘Hitting the Elusive Inflation Target' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as NBER Working Paper series, 2019/26279
Chapter 3 ‘Reversal Interest Rate and Macroprudential Policy' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as ECB Working Paper;, 2020/2487.
Chapter 4 'Pandemic Recessions and Contact Tracing' of the PhD thesis draws upon an earlier version published as CEPR Discussion Paper, 2020/DP15482.Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis investigates topics in macroeconomics with nonlinear dynamics as their inherent feature. It aims to further the understanding of the connection between the financial sector and economic fluctuations, challenges ...
Title:Essays in macroeconomics with household and policy heterogeneity Author(s):FLECK, Johannes Date:2021Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2021Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:The first chapter of this thesis is "State Tax and Transfer Progressivity and the Consumption Response to Fiscal Stimulus". It studies the relationship between tax policies of US state governments and the marginal propensity ...