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Title:Essays in macroeconomics Author(s):VARDISHVILI, Oliko
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- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In the U.S., 40% of students drop out of college. While dropout decisions may constitute an efficient response to students' discovering their low academic ability, they may be inefficient if an able student drops out due ...
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Title:Building connections, distorting meanings : Soviet architecture and the West, 1953-1979 Author(s):YAKUSHENKO, OlgaDate:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:The transnational history of the Soviet Union often goes against everything we know as citizens of the post-Soviet world. We are used to imagining the Iron Curtain as an impermeable obstacle and any meaningful connection ...
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Title:Essays in quantitative macroeconomics : income, inequality, income risk and optimal redistribution Author(s):GRÜBENER, PhilippDate:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis contains four independent essays in heterogeneous agent macroeconomics. They explore the sources of income inequality and income risk and study the optimal design of public redistribution and insurance.
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Title:Remembering fascism and empire : the public representation and myth of Rodolfo Graziani in 20th-century Italy Author(s):WITKOWSKI, Victoria MargaretDate:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:My PhD has utilised the cultural representation of Italy’s most popular military figure from the Fascist period to account for the myth-making and warped remembrance of Rodolfo Graziani in Modern-day Italy. By proving ...
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Title:Essays in financial economics Author(s):LOPEZ-QUILES CENTENO, CarolinaDate:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In the first chapter we examine the effects of limited liability on mortgage dynamics. While the literature has focused on default rates, renegotiation, or loan rates individually, we study them together as equilibrium ...
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Title:Essays in macroeconomics and nonlinear dynamics Author(s):ROTTNER, Matthias Christian 
Date:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis investigates topics in macroeconomics with nonlinear dynamics as their inherent feature. It aims to further the understanding of the connection between the financial sector and economic fluctuations, challenges ...
Date:2021Citation:
Title:Three essays in experimental economics Author(s):KUJANSUU, Essi SusannaDate:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The first chapter studies how a gift exchange labor market reacts to the occurrence of negative shocks. One-round shocks may hit either workers’ wages or employers’ earnings. In our model, other-regarding preferences suffice ...
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Title:Essays in public economics and financial macroeconomics Author(s):BARBOSA, RafaelDate:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The first chapter of the thesis is entitled A Brief History of Land Value Taxation in Economic Theory. The issue of land rents and their taxation through a land value tax (LVT) was as a hotly debated topic in economic ...
Date:2021Citation:
Title:Deliberating development in India’s forests : consent, mining and the making of the deliberative state Author(s):KODIVERI, Arpitha UpendraDate:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:Deliberating Development in India’s Forests is a thesis that examines how India’s forest laws and the right to free, prior, and informed consent or consent provision of forest-dwelling communities has shaped the relationship ...
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Title:Essays in macroeconomics Author(s):TERESIŃSKI, Jan Karol Date:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In the first two chapters of this thesis we analyze the impact of an increase in transfer payments - i.e., fiscal stimulus in a form of direct payments to individuals - on budget deficits. In the first chapter we study ...
Date:2021Citation: