Title:Moment Condition Models in Empirical Economics
Author(s):RISCADO, Sara Maria de Almeida Duarte LopesDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:In the first chapter of this dissertation, we approach the estimation of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models through a moments-based estimator, the empirical likelihood. We try to show that this inference process ...
Title:Monetary Policy Committees, Universal Banks, and Public Recapitalisations
Author(s):MARIATHASAN, MikeDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The three papers in this thesis differ considerably with respect to methodology and topic; yet, they all reflect my overarching interest in the design of economic policies and the institutions that execute them. They are, ...
Title:Network competition for European telecommunications
Author(s):STEHMANN, OliverDate:1993Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The telecommunications industry is in the throes of rapid technological and regulatory change. Markets for terminals and services have been liberalized, and only the provision of networks has remained under the control of ...
Title:Network Structure Matters: Applications to R&D collaboration, collusion, and online communication networks
Author(s):KORKMAZ, GizemDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis studies the interplay between network structure and strategic decision making given the backdrop of economic and social networks. The first two chapters study how firms’ incentives to invest in costly R&D are ...
Title:North-South Trade and Growth: The Role of Product Quality
Author(s):BOROTA, TeodoraDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The traditional trade models, which rely on a comparative advantage based on regions’ technology or endowments, or the new trade theory, designed to explain trade between the countries at a similar level of development, ...