ECO Theses: Recent submissions
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Title:Essays in applied political and health economics Author(s):DOMINICI, Alice
Date: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 ...
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Title:Essays on the determinants of households and firms' investment choices Author(s):LAZZARO, ElenaDate: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 ...
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Title:Essays in the economics of payments Author(s):MORACCI, Elia Date: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 ...
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Title:Essays on entrepreneurship and firm dynamics Author(s):INDRACCOLO, LeonardoDate: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: ...
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Title:Essays on firm heterogeneity and its implications for macroeconomic policy Author(s):HORN, Carl-Wolfram Kurt JoachimDate:2024Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2024Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis contains three independent essays studying the role of firm heterogeneity in the transmission of macroeconomic shocks and policies to the economy. In the first chapter, written jointly with Johannes Fischer, ...
