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Title:Essays in applied econometrics and finance Author(s):ELLWANGER, Reinhard
Date:2015Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2015
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis comprises three essays. The first two chapters address topics in commodity markets and their interaction with derivative and other asset markets. The third essay deals with the effects to and from fiscal policy ...
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Title:Essays on macroeconomics with financial frictions Author(s):THALER, DominikDate:2016Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2016
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:The first chapter of this thesis, joint with Angela Abbate analyses the importance of the risk-taking channel for monetary policy. To answer this question, we develop and estimate a quantitative monetary DSGE model where ...
Date:2016Citation:
Title:Essays in political economy Author(s):ANDREOTTOLA, Giovanni 
Date:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:My thesis is centred on the question of how information asymmetries affect elections. In particular, I am interested in how electoral concerns shape policy choices and in the consequences of institutional arrangements aimed ...
Date:2017Citation:
Title:Essays in financial economics Author(s):BAUMERT, JeanineDate:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis addresses two phenomena, which are commonly observed in the financial markets but so far have received relatively little attention in the literature. By putting these issues into a theoretical framework I provide ...
Date:2017Citation:
Title:Essays in political economy Author(s):DE MORAGAS SÁNCHEZ, Antoni-ÍtaloDate:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In the first chapter, I study the effect of disclosing the private interests of decision-makers on the quality of the decisions that are eventually taken. I focus on a delegation relationship where decision makers motivated ...
Date:2017Citation:
Title:Essays in empirical labor economics Author(s):BAMIEH, OmarDate:2017Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2017
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In the first chapter of my thesis I study the effect of firing costs and labor reallocation. Exogenous variation of expected firing costs is offered by the random allocation of judges to trials involving firms in a large ...
Date:2017Citation: