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 ...
Title:Identification and Estimation of Sources of Common Fluctuations: New methodologies and applications
Author(s):MACIEJOWSKA, KatarzynaDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis addresses the problem of how to identify and model sources of common fluctuations of economic variables. It is an interesting question not only for researchers but also for policy makers and other authorities. ...
Title:The Impacts of Housing Derivatives Trading on the Housing Market
Author(s):ULUC, ArzuDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Housing is the largest asset class in the world. However, in contrast to other major asset classes, including stocks and bonds, it does not have a well-developed derivatives market. In fact, housing derivatives can provide ...
Title:Importance of History for Economic Development: Lessons from natural experiment of history
Author(s):WYSOKINSKA, AgnieszkaDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Does history matter for economic development? How do events taking place a long time ago continue to affect long term economic performance? To answer these questions I examine the long run impacts of the 19th century ...
Title:Intermediation and leadership : essays on the economics of networks
Author(s):SIEDLAREK, Jan-PeterDate:2013Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis offers a contribution to the economic literature applying a networks perspective to economic issues. The focus of my thesis is the role of agents that are in particularly prominent positions within networks and ...
Title:International Financial Markets, Cross-Border Transmission of Shocks and Risk-Sharing
Author(s):VIANI, FrancescaDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:One of the most relevant events of the last decades has been the fast integration of international financial markets. As most restrictions to cross-border asset trade were removed, the volume of activity in international ...
Title:International Macroeconomic Fluctuations, Capital Mobility and the Current Account: A cointegrated approach
Author(s):HOFFMANN, MathiasDate:1999Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:In this thesis cointegrated vectorautoregressions are used to explore the empirics of the intertemporal approach to the current account recently popularized by Sachs (1981), Obstfeld (1986), Obstfeld and Rogo? (1995a,b), ...