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Title:Essays in economics : what can we infer from the data? Author(s):KONSTANTINOU, Panagiotis T.Date:2003Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2003Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics
Title:Essays in economics of education and elections Author(s):ŚPIEWANOWSKI, PiotrDate:2014Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2014Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:How economic agents can make sense from imperfect information is a central challenge in economic theory. In this thesis, I first explore how voters try to infer the quality of their government based not only on the information ...
Title:Essays in empirical labor economics Author(s):BOSSAVIE, LaurentDate:2014Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2014Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The aim of this PhD thesis is to provide a better understanding of the determinants of observed educational outcomes internationally, by focusing on two potentially important vectors of educational attainment: classroom ...
Title:Essays in empirical macroeconomics Author(s):KOZLUK, TomaszDate:2007Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2007Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:On the Ist of January 1999 eleven European Union (EU) members fixed their currencies to form the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). In the run-up to the formation of the euro area candidate countries had to fulfil a set ...
Title:Essays in empirical macroeconomics Author(s):MEIER, AndréDate:2006Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2006Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics
Title:Essays in financial economics Author(s):BAUMERT, JeanineDate:2017Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2017Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis addresses two phenomena, which are commonly observed in the financial markets but so far have received relatively little attention in the literature. By putting these issues into a theoretical framework I provide ...
Title:Essays in growth and hysteresis Author(s):PELLONI, AlessandraDate:1995Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1995Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics
Title:Essays in international finance and applied econometrics Author(s):RACZKO, MarekDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: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):PACZOS, WojtekDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: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 macroeconomics Author(s):VICONDOA, AlejandroDate:2017Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2017Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: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 trade Author(s):LEBRAND, MathildeDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: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 macro-finance Author(s):ARAGON, NicolasDate:2017Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2017Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: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 PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: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 networks and applied microeconomic theory Author(s):HUREMOVIC, KenanDate:2014Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2014Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis contains three papers which examine the role of networks and social structure in different modes of socio-economic interactions. The first chapter focuses on purely competitive strategic bilateral interactions ...
Title:Essays in political economy and macroeconomics Author(s):MENDES PEREIRA VICENTE, Ricardo AlfredoDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In this thesis I develop two models that bring together macroeconomics and political institutions; these models allow me to draw conclusions about the impact of institutions on economic outcomes, and about the effect of ...
Title:Essays in Recursive Macroeconomics Author(s):RENDAHL, PontusDate:2007Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2007Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis contains several lines of research conducted during my four years at the European University Institute. It deals with two distinct topics in the area of recursive economies, developed in three chapters. The ...
Title:Essays in sovereign debt and sovereign credit ratings Author(s):GIBERT RIVAS, AnnaDate:2017Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2017Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis consists of two chapters regarding the transmission of information in the sovereign debt market. The first one looks into the signaling role of the choice of debt by the sovereign and the second one focuses ...
Title:Essays in the econometrics of macroeconomic models Author(s):TRYPHONIDES, AndreasDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The thesis has focused on issues related to the use of external information in the identification, estimation and evaluation of Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models, and comprises three papers. The first ...
Title:Essays in the economics of Russian transition Author(s):LISSOVOLIK, Bogdan D.Date:1995Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1995Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics
Title:Essays in unemployment duration in two economies in transition : East Germany and Hungary Author(s):WOLFF, JoachimDate:1998Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1998Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics