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    Title: Financial intermediation and the great recession : microeconomic and macroeconomic issues  Author(s): OLIVIERO, Tommaso Date: 2014 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: This thesis consists of three manuscripts that analyze the role of financial intermediation in the Great Recession from both a microeconomic and macroeconomic perspective. Although these papers differ in the adopted ...
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    Title: Topics in quantitative macroeconomics  Author(s): MENNO, Dominik Date: 2014 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: This thesis contributes to two traditional debates in quantitative macroeconomics: (i) the welfare costs of aggregate shocks and (ii) the role of financial integration for international business cycle co-movement and ...
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    Title: Three essays on frictional labour markets  Author(s): POTHIER, David Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: This thesis contributes to the understanding of how socio-economic factors affect the functioning of modern labour markets. It belongs to the strand of academic literature that departs from the standard Walrasian model of ...
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    Title: Structural vector autoregressions with Markov switching : identification via heteroskedasticity  Author(s): NETŠUNAJEV, Aleksei Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: Structural vector autoregressions are of great importance in applied macroeconometric work. The main di culty associated with structural analysis is to identify unique shocks of interest. In a conventional approach this ...
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    Title: Essays in applied economics  Author(s): ANDINI, Monica Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: The thesis is a collection of essays in Applied Economics. The first essay employs unique Italian data to jointly consider different aspects of the relationship between agglomeration and labor market pooling. The paper ...
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    Title: Essays in applied microeconomics and finance  Author(s): IANCU, Emanuela Maria Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: The topics covered in this paper cover a broad range of subjects, from a reputation system in a discrete and infinite time model over to a three period game on a network and concluding with the optimal default decision in ...
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    Title: Essays on wage inequality from a macroeconomic perspective  Author(s): FORSTNER, Susanne Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: This thesis contains two chapters on the sources of residual wage inequality. The first chapter contributes to attempts to explain the increase in wage inequality in the U.S. labor market over the past few decades. I address ...
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    Title: Credit market failure and macroeconomics  Author(s): JUNGHERR, Joachim Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: This thesis aims to contribute to our understanding of the relationship between market failure on capital markets and macroeconomic outcomes in various forms. The notion of credit markets as a frictionsless veil over real ...
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    Title: Essays on social networks  Author(s): PRUMMER, Anja Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: This thesis explores the role of social networks in economic decision making. In the first chapter I am interested in optimal targeting in networks. In particular, I analyze what happens when two opposing lobby groups ...
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    Title: Five essays on economics of education  Author(s): KANNINEN, Ohto Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: In the first part of the thesis (Chapters 1 to 4), we analyze the near-universal gender gap reversal in secondary and tertiary education. In virtually all countries, males show a greater dispersion in ability test scores ...
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    Title: Differentiated products : three essays on the implications for firm competition  Author(s): JEANROND, Jakob Arne Robert Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: This thesis focuses on how specific aspects of product differentiation affect economic outcomes through their impact on competition between firms. The first paper presents an analysis of firms’ incentives to share information ...
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    Title: Three essays in collective decision making  Author(s): HUGHES, Niall Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: This thesis is a collection of three essays on voting as a means of collective decision- making. The first chapter builds a model of how voters should optimally behave in a legislative election with three parties under ...
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    Title: Three essays in applied econometrics  Author(s): MEYER, Moritz Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: Institutions, circumstances and interactions between agents shape economic outcomes on the individual and aggregate level. In this thesis I explore three different set ups which combine a theoretical model and an empirical ...
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    Title: Putting firms in context : the role of embeddedness in shaping corporate strategies  Author(s): ROMANO, Livio Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: This thesis investigates the social dimension of entrepreneurial activity, showing the importance of embeddedness with local communities and institutions in affecting corporate strategies. The first two chapters contribute ...
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    Title: Intermediation and leadership : essays on the economics of networks  Author(s): SIEDLAREK, Jan-Peter Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: This thesis offers a contribution to the economic literature applying a networks perspective to economic issues. The focus of my thesis is the role of agents that are in particularly prominent positions within networks and ...
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    Title: Three essays on financial markets and banking  Author(s): BERTSCH, Christoph Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: This thesis comprises theoretical work on financial markets and banking. The first essay features a model of liquidity provision. I analyze how the severity of adverse selection problems in one market is affected if ...
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    Title: On using Markov switching time series models to verify structural identifying restrictions and to assess public debt sustainability  Author(s): VELINOV, Anton Stoyanov Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: The first paper in this thesis deals with the issue of whether there are bubble components in stock prices. This is joint research with Wenjuan Chen (Free Universtiy Berlin). We investigate existing bivariate structural ...
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    Title: Industrial organization and behaviour  Author(s): GNUTZMANN, Hinnerk Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: This thesis collects three papers in industrial organization and behaviour, unified in their focus on the digital economy. The first two papers study markets for subscription goods, which by the nature of the contract allow ...
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    Title: Single Equation Instrumental Variable Models: Identification under discrete variation  Author(s): SMOLINSKI, Konrad Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: Over the last decade, substantial interest in theoretical econometrics and microeconometrics has been directed towards nonparametric models. Much work has been devoted to the development of novel identification and estimation ...
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    Title: Essays on Innovation, R&D Policy and Industrial Clusters  Author(s): HORAN, David Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics Abstract: The first chapter studies how government should allocate R&D subsidies when firms interact through their R&D decisions. In practice, public agencies often distribute funding on a case-by-case (CbC) basis ignoring indirect ...