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Title:Essays in macroeconomics : confidence, business cycles, and fertility Author(s):LAGERBORG, Andresa
Date:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: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 ...
Date:2018Citation:
Title:Essays in labor economics and public policy Author(s):GALASSI, Gabriela LilianaDate:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: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) e ects of policies stimulating labor market participation? The ...
Date:2018Citation:
Title:Uncertainty and the macroeconomy Author(s):BONCIANI, DarioDate:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In this thesis, I study from various angles how uncertainty a ects macroeconomic activity. Chapter 1 investigates the e ects of uncertainty shocks on economic activity in the euro area by means of a Dynamic Stochastic ...
Date:2018Citation:
Title:Essays on fiscal policy and the macroeconomy Author(s):MAYR, LukasDate:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The three chapters of this thesis provide a theoretical and quantitative analysis of three elements of the tax-transfer system which recently received increased attention in both the academic and the public policy debate ...
Date:2018Citation:
Title:Asset prices, disagreement and trade volume Author(s):SCHÜTZE, FabianDate:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In this thesis, I discuss how asset prices are influenced by the decisions of heterogeneous investors. Asset prices are conventionally explained through a representativeinvestor whose risk-aversion fluctuates or who faces ...
Date:2018Citation:
Title:On communication frictions Author(s):FRANASZEK, JoannaDate:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:Communication is an activity that is crucial in many economic contexts. Whenever there is any asymmetry of information between two parties, there might arise a need to exchange information. Common as it is, communication ...
Date:2018Citation:
Title:Essays in macroeconomics and macroeconometrics Author(s):LORIA, FrancescaDate:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: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 ...
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Title:Three essays in macroeconomics Author(s):GOODHEAD, RobertDate:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The first chapter of this thesis (which represents joint work with Benedikt Kolb) quanti- thees the potentially different effects of monetary policy communication on macroeconomic variables, relative to monetary policy ...
Date:2018Citation:
Title:Essays in macro and labor Author(s):BROGUEIRA DE SOUSA, Joao CarlosDate:2018Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2018
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: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, written ...
Date:2018Citation: