Title:Four Essays in Applied Economics
Author(s):BASTEN, ChristophDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract: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 ...
Title:Four Essays in Applied Microeconometrics
Author(s):SCHWERDT, GuidoDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:no abstract available
Title:Global Imbalances: Saving and Investment Imbalances
Author(s):CORNELI, FlaviaDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract: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, ...
Title:Globalisation and Labour Markets
Author(s):O'FARRELL, RoryDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:In this thesis how labour markets are affected by globalisation is examined. The thesis takes the form of three chapters. The first chapter looks at the state of trade unions in Europe and how they have been affected by ...
Title:Granger-Causal Analysis of Conditional Mean and Volatility Models
Author(s):WOŹNIAK, TomaszDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Recent economic developments have shown the importance of spillover and contagion effects in financial markets as well as in macroeconomic reality. Such effects are not limited to relations between the levels of variables ...
Title:Heterogeneous Individuals in the International Economy
Author(s):BROER, TobiasDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Does financial globalisation increase inequality? Should households with little financial wealth still hold foreign assets? Are consumption patterns of low income earners more dispersed than those of the rich? Do aggregate ...
Title:Heterogeneous switching costs and vertical mergers : cases for state intervention?
Author(s):WIENRICH, UlrikeDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Over the last months economic discussions have been as intense as rarely before, questioning the foundations of economic theory as well as practice. The financial and economic crisis has had a strong impact on economic ...
Title:Identification and Estimation of Latent Variables and their Effect on Social and Economic Outcomes
Author(s):EL-ATTAR VILALTA, MayssunDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Recently, there has been strong interest among economists in the impact of social and cultural factors on economic outcomes. For instance, concepts like culture, social capital or social attitudes have been used to explain ...