Browsing ECO Theses by Title

Title:Credit market failure and macroeconomics Author(s):JUNGHERR, JoachimDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: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 ...

Title:Cross-border entry in European retail financial services : determinants, regulation and the impact on competition Author(s):HOSCHKA, Tobias C.Date:1992Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1992Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics

Title:Currency option pricing with stochastic interest rates and transaction costs : a theoretical model with some empirical results Author(s):TAMBORSKI, MariuszDate:1994Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1994Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics

Title:Decentralisation and regional equity in Russia : three essays on intergovernmental transfers and the financing of education Author(s):STEWART, KittyDate:1998Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1998Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics

Title:The degree of independence in goods and capital markets : an econometric degustation Author(s):HAMMERSLAND, RogerDate:2002Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2002Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The purposes of this thesis are manifold. Nevertheless one may say that one of its governing ideas has been to make use of some o f the most advanced and recently developed state of the art time series techniques that exist ...

Title:Delegation in decision-making : who gets the power ? Author(s):BOWLES, CarlosDate:2015Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2015Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:Power is a fascinating phenomenon. While this is something different than money, somehow I always had the feeling that economic sciences could provide useful tools to facilitate its understanding. In what follows, I tried ...

Title:Demography, credit and institutions in a globalizing world Author(s):AREZKI, RabahDate:2006Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2006Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics

Title:Die Europäische Währungseinheit (ECU) : vom Währungskorb zur Europäischen Währung? Author(s):DEVILLE, VolkerDate:1988Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1988Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics

Title:Differentiated products : three essays on the implications for firm competition Author(s):JEANROND, Jakob Arne RobertDate:2013Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2013Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract: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 ...

Title:A Discrete-Choice Econometrician's Tale of Monetary Policy Identification and Predictability Author(s):SIRCHENKO, AndreiDate:2012Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2012Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis studies the econometric identification and predictability of monetary policy. It addresses the discrete and collective nature of policy decisions, and the use of the real-time versus currently available revised ...

Title:Discrimination and workers' expectations Author(s):FILIPPIN, AntonioDate:2003Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2003Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The neoclassical theory of discrimination is almost entirely a demand-side theory. There are very few contributions where workers’ heterogeneity matters, and even fewer that study the possibility that unequal outcomes may ...

Title:Dispersion de prix et marches decentralises : le cas du marché au poisson de Marseille Author(s):VIGNES, AnnickDate:1993Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1993Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics

Title:The Distribution of Public Expenditure in Europe Author(s):GONZÁLEZ ALEGRE, JuanDate:2008Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2008Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:No abstract available

Title:Do relative factor prices matter? : the long run demand for labour in the Irish manufacturing sector Author(s):KEARNEY, IdeDate:2001Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2001Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics

Title:Dynamic factor models in estimation and forecasting Author(s):BYSTROV, VictorDate:2008Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2008Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis addresses the issue of the relative performance of dynamic factor models in finite samples in the presence of structural breaks. It extends an existing literature by considering new data sets and evaluating ...

Title:Dynamic factor models in macro-finance Author(s):SCHERRER, DavidDate:2011Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:Macroeconomic concepts such as inflation and real economic activity are not directly observed. Researchers often use factor models in order to measure these unobserved concepts. The underlying view is that a small number ...

Title:A dynamic general equilibrium analysis of the Spanish social security system Author(s):ARJONA, RomanDate:2000Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2000Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics

Title:A dynamic model of married women's labour supply with an application to Great Britain and Germany Author(s):ADDABBO, TindaraDate:1992Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics

Title:The dynamics of poverty in Spain : the permanent and transitory poor Author(s):CANTÓ SANCHEZ, OlgaDate:1998Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1998Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics

Title:Earning inequality in Ireland and Northern Ireland Author(s):O'DONNELL, NualaDate:1999Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1999Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics