Title:Altruism, Education and Inequality in the United States
Author(s):WINTER, ChristophDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis contains several lines of research conducted during my four years at the European University Institute. It consists of three chapters that analyze the link between parental inter-vivos transfers, education and ...
Title:Banking across Borders: Evidence and implications
Author(s):NIEPMANN, FriederikeDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract: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 ...
Title:Bayesian Vector Autoregressive Analysis
Author(s):MARKUN, MichalDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract: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 ...