Department of Economics (ECO): Recent submissions

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  • Title:Essays in applied political and health economics  Author(s):DOMINICI, AliceEUI affiliated https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3039-6427Date:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis contains four essays: two focus on different themes of historical political economy, and two consist of informational experiments aimed at testing the efficacy of vaccination informational campaigns. Chapter 1 ...
  • Title:Essays on the determinants of households and firms' investment choices  Author(s):LAZZARO, ElenaEUI affiliatedDate:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:Chapter 1 develops a theoretical model highlighting how the signaling effect of government subsidies for R&D has a heterogeneous impact over time and across firms depending on their financial constraints. The model shows ...
  • Title:Essays in the economics of payments  Author(s):MORACCI, EliaEUI affiliated https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6113-8212Date:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis contains three independent essays studying cash management and payment method choices by households through structural inventory-thoretical models. The first chapter, joint with Francesco Lippi, builds on novel ...
  • Title:Essays on entrepreneurship and firm dynamics  Author(s):INDRACCOLO, LeonardoEUI affiliatedDate:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis is composed of four essays; the first three chapters are related to entrepreneurship and business formation, while the last one to firm dynamics. In the first chapter, “The Role of Human Capital in Entrepreneurship: ...
  • Title:Technological adaptation, trade, and growth  Author(s):CHONG, Alberto; ZANFORLIN, LuisaDate:2001Citation:Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 2001, Vol. 137, No. 4, pp. 565-592Version:The article is based on findings of the author’s EUI PhD thesis, 1996Type:ArticleAbstract:Based on Grossman and Helpman's 1991 seminal work, the authors provide a simple model extension where innovations created in the high-tech sector may be assimilated or adapted by the lowtech sector, thus generating ...