Browsing Department of Economics (ECO) by Type "Thesis"

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Browsing Department of Economics (ECO) by Type "Thesis"

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    Title: Banking across Borders: Evidence and implications  Author(s): NIEPMANN, Friederike Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis sheds light on the motives, the nature and the implications of banking across borders. In Chapter 1, co-authored with Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr, I examine the challenges that increased financial integration presents ...
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    Title: Three Essays on Imbalances in a Monetary Union  Author(s): HJORTSØ, Ida Maria Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis investigates the implications of imbalances within a monetary union. In the first chapter, I study how international financial frictions lead to international imbalances and affect optimal fiscal policy in a ...
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    Title: Essays on Sovereign Default and the Link with the Domestic Economy  Author(s): ANDREASEN, Eugenia Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis studies the causes and consequences of sovereign defaults focusing on non traditional links between sovereign default and the domestic economy: the impact of sovereign defaults on the external financial conditions ...
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    Title: Moment Condition Models in Empirical Economics  Author(s): RISCADO, Sara Maria de Almeida Duarte Lopes Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: In the first chapter of this dissertation, we approach the estimation of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models through a moments-based estimator, the empirical likelihood. We try to show that this inference process ...
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    Title: Macroeconomic Policies and Agent Heterogeneity  Author(s): GOTTLIEB, Charles Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis contributes to the understanding of macroeconomic policies’ impact on the distribution of wealth. It belongs to the strand of literature that departs from the representative agent assumption and perceives agent ...
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    Title: Essays in Economic Policy  Author(s): CIARI, Lorenzo Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: No abstract available.
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    Title: Intrahousehold Insurance and its Implications for Macroeconomic Outcomes  Author(s): SIASSI, Nawid Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Most theoretical and empirical work on consumption, labor supply and saving decisions has been based on the paradigm that households behave as single agents. While this approach is often convenient, it relies on very ...
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    Title: On the Dynamic Effects of Government Stimulus Measures in a Changing Economy  Author(s): HAUZENBERGER, Klemens Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: No abstract available
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    Title: Global Imbalances: Saving and Investment Imbalances  Author(s): CORNELI, Flavia Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The goal of the present thesis is to analyze the diverging savings and investment behavior among countries. The purpose of this work is to suggest possible explanations for the so called .global imbalances.. In particular, ...
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    Title: Essays on Asset Pricing, Banking and the Macroeconomy  Author(s): KERO, Afroditi Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: no abstract available
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    Title: Importance of History for Economic Development: Lessons from natural experiment of history  Author(s): WYSOKINSKA, Agnieszka Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Does history matter for economic development? How do events taking place a long time ago continue to affect long term economic performance? To answer these questions I examine the long run impacts of the 19th century ...
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    Title: Three Essays in Macroeconomics  Author(s): UUSKULA, Lenno Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Chapter 1: Traditional models of monetary transmission such as sticky price and limited partic- ipation abstract from firm creation and destruction. Only a few papers look at the empirical effects of the monetary shock on ...
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    Title: Essays on Labor and Development Economics  Author(s): GOÑI-PACCHIONI, Edwin Antonio Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This work comprises four essays in two related areas: labor and development economics. On the labor side, two essays study (i) the effects of sizeable policy reforms over labor informality and (ii) the relation between ...
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    Title: Four Essays in Applied Economics  Author(s): BASTEN, Christoph Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The four papers constituting this thesis cover a range of different topics, thus reflecting the breadth of issues I have worked on in the course of my PhD. All seek to rely as little as possible on prior assumptions, and ...
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    Title: Monetary Policy Committees, Universal Banks, and Public Recapitalisations  Author(s): MARIATHASAN, Mike Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The three papers in this thesis differ considerably with respect to methodology and topic; yet, they all reflect my overarching interest in the design of economic policies and the institutions that execute them. They are, ...
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    Title: Bayesian Vector Autoregressive Analysis  Author(s): MARKUN, Michal Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The dissertation investigates various aspects of Bayesian inference in time series econometrics. It consists of one expository chapter and two research papers. The first chapter presents on an easy example of a production ...
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    Title: Dynamic Factor Models in Macro-finance  Author(s): SCHERRER, David Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Macroeconomic concepts such as inflation and real economic activity are not directly observed. Researchers often use factor models in order to measure these unobserved concepts. The underlying view is that a small number ...
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    Title: Three Essays in Competition and Banking  Author(s): LEONELLO, Agnese Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: No abstract available
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    Title: Essays on Social and Economic Networks  Author(s): HILLER, Timo Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: This thesis consists of three papers in the field of social and economic networks. In the first, called "Peer Effects in Endogenous Networks", I build a model of endogenous net- work formation in the presence of peer ...
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    Title: Psychological Factors and Labour Market Outcomes: The Case of Immigrants and their Children in Germany  Author(s): THUM, Anna-Elisabeth Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Chapter I: Europe is facing the challenge of integrating a growing number of immigrants and their offspring. On the one hand immigration can be a necessity to overcome problems arising from demographic changes but on the ...