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

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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 on local labor markets Author(s):MALGOUYRES, ClémentDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis studies empirically several issues regarding the functioning of local labor markets. In Chapter 1, I follow the methodology developed by Autor, Dorn, and Hanson (2013) to estimate the impact of Chinese imports ...
Title:Three essays on open economy macroeconomics Author(s):DE ALMEIDA BANDEIRA, GuilhermeDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis consists of three papers on open economy macroeconomics. The first paper investigates the welfare implications of a fiscal transfer rule between members of a monetary union. I build a two-country model where ...
Title:Essays on macro financial linkages Author(s):ABBATE, AngelaDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The first chapter, joint with Dominik Thaler, is a New Keynesian model of how monetary policy can in uence the risk-taking behaviour of banks. Lower interest rates change bank incentives, making them prefer riskier ...
Title:Bank regulation in a post-financial crisis landscape : essays of the interaction between financial institutions Author(s):WERGER, CharlotteDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis is a nexus of three topics; financial stability, banking regulation and financial influence. In four separate chapters, this work examines how financial institutions interact with their regulators, in particular ...
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:Three essays in labour economics Author(s):GAMA NOGUEIRA, AndréDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis investigates labour market policies and the way they interact with labour market frictions. The first chapter of this thesis is dedicated to the introduction of a new method to measure skills mismatch in the ...
Title:Essays on empirical political economy Author(s):ARENAS JAL, AndreuDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In this thesis I use the ban of a political party – Batasuna - as a natural experiment to answer three questions in political economics. The first chapter is about whether vote choices are instrumental or expressive. After ...
Title:Essays on macroeconomic policy Author(s):SAJEDI, RanaDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis looks at the interactions between fiscal, monetary and structural policies along three dimensions. The first paper looks at the dynamic effects of structural reforms when monetary policy is constrained. Structural ...
Title:Essays on financial macroeconomics and inequality Author(s):GONZÁLEZ, IgnacioDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This dissertation is composed of three self-contained chapters on the same topic: the impact of financial markets on inequality. The first paper investigates the connection between the increase of equity wealth, the rise ...
Title:On optimal personal income taxation Author(s):DOLIGALSKI, PawelDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:How should we tax people's incomes? I address this question from three different angles. The first chapter describes the optimal income tax when people can hide earnings by working in a shadow economy. The second chapter ...
Title:Fiscal policy and the labor market in a New Keynesian framework Author(s):MUNKACSI, ZsuzsaDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In the first chapter I calculate unemployment multipliers of fiscal policies. As an innovation, I include family firms in a New Keynesian model with search and matching frictions; they behave differently in the labor market ...
Title:Three essays on reputation, household debt, and monetary policy Author(s):FERREIRA MAYORGA, Clodomiro F.Date:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This dissertation is composed of three separate and self-contained chapters on two different areas: (i) reputation building and competition in on-line markets, and (ii) the heterogeneous transmission of monetary policy to ...
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 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 on income inequality, political inequality and income redistribution in the U.S. Author(s):BRENDLER, PavelDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The first chapter, entitled "Life-time earnings inequality and income redistribution through social security in the U.S.", is devoted to social security, which is the public pension system in the U.S. In 2015, the Social ...
Title:Information and credit frictions in financial markets Author(s):MAURIN, VincentDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis investigates theoretically how information and credit frictions affect the functioning of financial markets. I suggest that asymmetry of information about opaque assets may cause instability. The widespread use ...
Title:Empirical essays on education policy evaluation Author(s):BRUTTI, ZeldaDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis is composed of three empirical essays that share the theme of education policy evaluation. Chapter 1 looks at cognitive spillovers between siblings who live in the same household. The research question asked ...
Title:Financial crisis : origins, macroeconomic consequences and policy response Author(s):KOPIEC, PawełDate:2016Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2016Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The global financial crisis of 2007-2008 is considered to have been the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. Its beginning is associated with the bursting of the US housing bubble in 2007 and the financial ...
Title:Essays on fiscal and monetary unions Author(s):GARCÍA-RODRÍGUEZ, AbiánDate:2015Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2015Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:Are we better together? Versions of this question have been heard repeatedly around Europe on the aftermath of the Great Recession. On the Eurozone, the suboptimal design of the monetary union has contributed to create ...