Title:Financial Factors, Rare Disasters and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Author(s):GRUSS, BertrandDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis attempts to shed light on the role of financial factors and vulnerabilities in shaping macroeconomic fluctuations. It contributes to the literature that integrates financial factors into the real business cycle ...
Title:Finding optimal design for constitutional courts: The perspective of democratization in post-soviet countries
Author(s):MAZMANYAN, ArmenDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The thesis undertakes an assessment of the institutional design of constitutional courts in postsoviet countries from the perspective of these courts' democratic contributions. After identifying the defects of the existing ...
Title:Fire and Fuels: CO2 and SO2 Emissions in the Finnish Economy, 1800–2005
Author(s):KUNNAS, JanDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis examines Finland‘s transition from a solar based energy system to a fossil fuel based one, and the environmental consequences of this transition. The period under examination is from the beginning of the 19th ...
Title:Firm heterogeneity and macroeconomic performance
Author(s):POSCHKE, MarkusDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The regulation of entry and aggregate productivity Euro Area economies have lower firm turnover rates, lower total factor and labor productivity, and higher capital intensity than the Unites States. I argue that differences ...
Title:Fiscal policy and consumption
Author(s):CALLEGARI, GiovanniDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:no abstract available