Title:Three Essays on Household Consumption
Author(s):AY, JudithDate:2008Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:No abstract available
Title:Three Essays on Imbalances in a Monetary Union
Author(s):HJORTSØ, Ida MariaDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis investigates the implications of imbalances within a monetary union. In the first chapter, I study how international financial frictions lead to international imbalances and affect optimal fiscal policy in a ...
Title:Three Essays on International Trade
Author(s):SALA, DavideDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:International trade and trade liberalization is the logical nexus through this thesis. Not only trade volumes have largely expanded after World War II, but - perhaps less known - also the number of developing and underdeveloped ...
Title:Three Essays on International Trade
Author(s):STÖLTING, SarahDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The three chapters included in this thesis all touch upon very different aspects of the disciplines of international trade and economics. The first chapter shows that trade liberalization can lead to a permanent increase ...
Title:Three essays on labor markets
Author(s):BARRABES SOLANES, ClaraDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The three chapters presented in the following apply the concept of general equilibrium to topics related to labor markets. The first chapter "Decentralization of wage bargaining" focuses on the changes in collective ...
Title:Three essays on the econometric analysis of high frequency financial data
Author(s):OOMEN, Roel C. A.Date:2003Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis is motivated by the observation that the time series properties of financial security prices can vary fundamentally with their sampling frequency. Econometric models developed for low frequency data may thus ...
Title:Three essays on the economics of public utilities
Author(s):BARONE, AndreaDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Public utilities provide fundamental services both to households and firms. Continuous, adequate, and reasonably priced supplies of water, electricity and gas are essential for healthy living in every modern society. ...
Title:Three essays on the oil-macroeconomy relationship
Author(s):MARAVALLE, AlessandroDate:2008Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Oil represents a key commodity in the world energy market and it is not a surprise that its price is largely viewed as one of the leading indicator of the global economic health. Therefore, the recent soaring up of the ...
Title:Three Studies on the Sources and Consequences of Social and Cultural Capital among European Adolescents
Author(s):PROKIC-BREUER, TijanaDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation has two main themes. First, it studies the role of social and cultural capital in educational achievement from a comparative perspective. Second, it investigates determinants of social trust among ...
Title:Through a Glass Darkly or a Mirror Clear? Study of the general restrictions to Human Rights
Author(s):REITER-KORKMAZ, AxelleDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis analyses the general restrictions to the exercise of human rights in three parts; dealing respectively with the limits of individual rights and the aim and specificity of general restrictions, states of emergency, ...
Title:A Time for Pride and Prejudice: Anglo-American relations at the UN during the Congo crisis, 1960-1965
Author(s):O'MALLEY, AlannaDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis examines the Anglo-American relationship at the United Nations during the Congo crisis from 1960-1964. The United Nations headquarters in New York became a focal point for British and American foreign policies ...